Testing evolving software

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-181

  Harrold, Mary Jean ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODING ERRORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TESTING;

REGRESSION TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0032663371     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(99)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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