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

[Derek M Jones]

Martyn,

> 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.

Defect density is an important idea, but it is often misused.

The folklore that defect density is U-shaped has been debunked:
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Theory-of-relative-defect-proneness-Koru-Emam/dc13f73160af6fff95599aaf461091cd8182cc9d

What else is recent and interesting?
Not a lot, defect density is not fashionable among today's researchers.

Some very recent analysis:
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2020/09/06/impact-of-function-size-on-number-of-reported-faults/

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