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Feature Selection Using Artificial Immune Network: An Approach for Software Defect Prediction

Bushra Mumtaz¹, Summrina Kanwal^2,*, Sultan Alamri², Faiza Khan¹

1 Faculty of Computing, Riphah International University, Islamabad, 45211, Pakistan
2 Department of Computing and Informatics, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, 11673, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Summrina Kanwal. Email:

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing 2021, 29(3), 669-684. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2021.018405

Received 07 March 2021; Accepted 12 April 2021; Issue published 01 July 2021

Abstract

Software Defect Prediction (SDP) is a dynamic research field in the software industry. A quality software product results in customer satisfaction. However, the higher the number of user requirements, the more complex will be the software, with a correspondingly higher probability of failure. SDP is a challenging task requiring smart algorithms that can estimate the quality of a software component before it is handed over to the end-user. In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach to address this particular issue. Our approach combines the feature selection capability of the Optimized Artificial Immune Networks (Opt-aiNet) algorithm with benchmark machine-learning classifiers for the better detection of bugs in software modules. Our proposed methodology was tested and validated using 5 open-source National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) data sets from the PROMISE repository: CM1, KC2, JM1, KC1 and PC1. Results were reported in terms of accuracy level and of an AUC with highest accuracy, namely, 94.82%. The results of our experiments indicate that the detection capability of benchmark classifiers can be improved by incorporating Opt-aiNet as a feature selection (FS) method.

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