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<p>Coverity have done a lot of static analysis studies on open
source software<br>
(sponsored by DHS)</p>
<p>I don't know if there are any peer reviewed papers, <br>
but I obtained the attached info from Coverity (some time back
now).</p>
<p>Of course these are only implementation bugs, (did you build the
system right?)<br>
Excludes higher design and requirements flaws (did you build the
right system?)</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Peter<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/10/2020 10:05, Martyn Thomas
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<p>Colleagues</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help you can give</p>
<p>Martyn</p>
<p><font size="-1">Martyn Thomas CBE FREng<br>
Emeritus Professor of IT and Fellow, Gresham College</font><br>
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