[SystemSafety] Request for links to papers about software defect densities

[Peter Bishop]

Coverity have done a lot of static analysis studies on open source software
(sponsored by DHS)

I don't know if there are any peer reviewed papers,
but I obtained the attached info from Coverity (some time back now).

Of course these are only implementation bugs, (did you build the system
right?)
Excludes higher design and requirements flaws (did you build the right
system?)

Regards

Peter

On 29/10/2020 10:05, Martyn Thomas wrote:
>
> Colleagues
>
> I would be grateful for links or references to peer-reviewed papers
> that contain experimental or empirical evidence about software defect
> densities. I know of work over 30 years ago and it would be useful to
> have data that is more recent.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Thomas CBE FREng
> Emeritus Professor of IT and Fellow, Gresham College
>
>
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