Detection or isolation of defects? An experimental comparison of unit testing and code inspection

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 3-13

  Runeson, P ^a   Andrews, A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code Inspection; Controlled Experiment; Defect detection; Defect isolation; Empirical Study; Unit testing

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); INSPECTION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; STATIC ANALYSIS;

CODE INSPECTIONS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DEFECT DETECTION; DEFECT ISOLATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; UNIT TESTING;

DEFECTS;

EID: 16244396646     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2003.1251026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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