An empirical study of regression test selection techniques

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 184-208

  Graves, Todd L ^b   Harrold, Mary Jean ^b   Kim, Jung Min ^a   Porter, Adam ^a   Rothermel, Gregg ^b  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

D.2.5 software engineering : Testing and debugging Testing tools (e.g., data generators, coverage testing); Debugging aids; Empirical study; Regression testing; Selective retest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011783904     PISSN: 1049331X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/367008.367020     Document Type: Article

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