Regression test selection for C++ software

Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-109

  Rothermel, Gregg ^a   Harrold, Mary Jean ^b   Dedhia, Jeinay ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; GRAPH THEORY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROCEDURE ORIENTED LANGUAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE SOFTWARE; REGRESSION TEST SELECTION; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0034205213     PISSN: 09600833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1689(200006)10:2<77::AID-STVR197>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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