A characterisation schema for software testing techniques

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-466

  Vegas, Sira ^a,c,d,e   Basili, Victor ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d IEEE   (Spain)

^e ACM   (Spain)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterisation schema; Software testing; Testing technique selection

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION SCHEMA; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING TECHNIQUE SELECTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 26044432848     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-005-3862-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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