Empirical studies of a prediction model for regression test selection

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-263

  Harrold, Mary Jean ^a,b   Rosenblum, David ^a,c   Rothermel, Gregg ^a,d   Weyuker, Elaine ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Regression test selection; Regression testing; Selective retest; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION TEST SELECTIONS; ROSENBLUM-WEYUKER THEORY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035279336     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.910860     Document Type: Article

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