Prioritizing JUnit test cases: An empirical assessment and cost-benefits analysis

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-70

  Do, Hyunsook ^a   Rothermel, Gregg ^a   Kinneer, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefits analysis; Empirical studies; Regression testing; Software maintenance; Test case prioritization; Testing object oriented software

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFITS ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 32944458769     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-006-5965-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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