Accomplishments and Challenges: A Research Study for Software Defect Prediction
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Investigation and prediction of defects in software is one of the important solutions to ensure software quality and reliability. Machine learning algorithms are used across a wide array of fields to solve real-world problems by building large, complex models. Many researchers have made significant contributions by developing predictive models for software defects using statistical and machine-learning approaches. But only a few frameworks have discussed the issue of building a universal software defect prediction model. Most existing models have been trained on limited datasets, which results in good performance on the training data but poor performance on unseen data. These limitations have motivated researchers to explore and develop more generalised and universal models for software defect prediction. Moreover, the growing complexity of contemporary software systems. Such limitations have encouraged researchers to investigate and build more generalised and universal models for software defect prediction. In addition, the increasing complexity of modern software systems and the rapid growth of software repositories have driven a demand for intelligent prediction techniques capable of handling heterogeneous data. Research is being conducted to investigate advanced machine learning and deep learning methods, including ensemble learning and transfer learning, to enhance prediction accuracy and adaptability across different software projects. These approaches aim to reduce development and maintenance costs and increase the overall reliability and performance of software products.
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