Design and use of reference data sets for testing scientific software

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 380, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 339-351

  Cox, M G ^a   Harris, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black box testing; Quality metrics; Reference data sets; Software testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHODOLOGY; METRIC SYSTEM; PHYSICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0033008737     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(98)00481-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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