Empirical studies of a safe regression test selection technique

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 401-419

  Rothermel, Gregg ^a   Harrold, Mary Jean ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Regression test selection; Regression testing; Selective retest; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000852396     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.689399     Document Type: Article

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