%0 Conference Paper %1 Kawamoto2012 %A Kawamoto, Kimiaki %A Mizuno, Osamu %B Fourth International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering in Practice (IWESEP) %D 2012 %I IEEE %K identifier %P 30 -34 %T Predicting Fault-Prone Modules Using the Length of Identifiers %X Identifiers such as variable names and function names in source code are essential information to understand code. The naming for identifiers affects on code understandability, thus, we expect that they affect on software quality. In this study, we examine the relationship between the length of identifiers and existence of software faults in a software module. The results of experiment using the random forest technique show that there is a positive relationship between the length of identifier and existence of software faults.

@inproceedings{Kawamoto2012, abstract = {Identifiers such as variable names and function names in source code are essential information to understand code. The naming for identifiers affects on code understandability, thus, we expect that they affect on software quality. In this study, we examine the relationship between the length of identifiers and existence of software faults in a software module. The results of experiment using the random forest technique show that there is a positive relationship between the length of identifier and existence of software faults.}, added-at = {2012-12-04T11:55:51.000+0100}, author = {Kawamoto, Kimiaki and Mizuno, Osamu}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ef88e748d450250447d9c4fef304c7a7/sjbutler}, booktitle = {Fourth International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering in Practice (IWESEP)}, interhash = {9dd4d517ab21c3589136559e2d5f6e34}, intrahash = {ef88e748d450250447d9c4fef304c7a7}, keywords = {identifier}, pages = {30 -34}, publisher = {IEEE}, timestamp = {2012-12-04T11:55:51.000+0100}, title = {Predicting Fault-Prone Modules Using the Length of Identifiers}, year = 2012 }