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assertion density: a standalone construct

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Software engineering

the number of assertions per lines of code, tested for its relation to fault density in production components.

In software engineering, assertion density refers to the number of assertions per lines of code, tested for its relation to fault density in production components. This meaning comes from Kudrjavets (2006) in 2006 17th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering.[1]

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References

Kudrjavets, G., Nagappan, N., & Ball, T. (2006). Assessing the Relationship between Software Assertions and Faults: An Empirical Investigation. 2006 17th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1109/issre.2006.14

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