The effect of fault size on testing

Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-152

  Bache, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault size; Operational testing; Reliability; Software testing

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FAULT SIZE; OPERATIONAL TESTING EFFICIENCY RATIO (OTER);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0031222041     PISSN: 09600833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1689(199709)7:3<139::AID-STVR136>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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