An integrated approach to test tracking and analysis

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-140

  Tian, Jeff ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ERROR DETECTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VISUALIZATION;

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; TREE BASED MODELING;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030288975     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0164-1212(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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