On the analytical comparison of testing techniques

ISSTA 2004 - Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 154-164

  Morasca, Sandra ^a   Serra Capizzano, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Majorization; Random Testing; Software Testing; Subdomain based Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; MARKETING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MAJORIZATION; RANDOM TESTING; SOFTWARE TESTING; SUBDOMAIN-BASED TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 23744503521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1013886.1007533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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