The application of program slicing to regression testing

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 583-594

  Binkley, David ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence graphs; Incremental regression testing; Program slicing; Test case selection; Test data adequacy criteria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

PROGRAM SLICING; REGRESSION TESTING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032301276     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0950-5849(98)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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