Generating test data for distributed software using the chaining approach

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-353

  Ferguson, Roger ^a   Korel, Bogdan ^b  

^a Lawrence Technological University   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaining; Distributed programs; Software development; Test data generators

Indexed keywords

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); AUTOMATIC TESTING; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

CHAINING; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE; PROGRAM DEPENDENCY ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EXECUTION; SOFTWARE TESTING; TEST DATA GENERATORS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030146975     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-5849(95)01064-5     Document Type: Article

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