Comments on "Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors"
Hongyu Zhang, Xiuzhen Zhang · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2007
In this correspondence, we point out a discrepancy in a recent paper, "data mining static code attributes to learn defect predictors," that was published in this journal. Because of the small percentage of defective modules, using probability of detection (pd) and probability of false alarm (pf) as accuracy measures may lead to impractical prediction models.