Automatic test case optimization: A bacteriologic algorithm

IEEE Software

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-82

  Baudry, Benoit ^a   Fleurey, Franck ^a   Jézéquel, Jean Marc ^a   Le Traon, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATIC TEST OPTIMIZATION; BACTERIOLOGIC ALGORITHM; EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY; MUTATION ANALYSIS; PARSER; SOFTWARE COMPONENT TESTING; SOFTWARE PRODUCT QUALITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 17644404742     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2005.30     Document Type: Article

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