Coupling-based criteria for integration testing

Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 133-154

  Jin, Zhenyi ^a   Offutt, A Jefferson ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration testing; Software coupling; Software testing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS;

SOFTWARE INTEGRATION TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0032155096     PISSN: 09600833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1689(1998090)8:3<133::AID-STVR162>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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