Experience with Regression Test Selection

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-188

  Rothermel, Gregg ^a   Harrold, Mary Jean ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

REGRESSION TESTING; SELECTIVE RETEST;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030691260     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009765704299     Document Type: Article

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