Empirical investigation of the relationship between spectra differences and regression faults

Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-194

  Harrold, Mary Jean ^a   Rothermel, Gregg ^b   Sayre, Kent ^b   Wu, Rui ^c   Yi, Liu ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PROGRAM SPECTRA; REGRESSION FAULTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0034271545     PISSN: 09600833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1689(200009)10:3<171::AID-STVR209>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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