A statistical assessment of some software testing strategies and application of experimental design techniques

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-184

  Nair, V N ^a   James, D A ^b   Ehrlich, W K ^c   Zevallos, J ^c  

^a 1429 Mason Hall ^*  (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Partition testing; Random testing; Stratified sampling; Test case allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032397141     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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