A perturbation-based testing strategy

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 145-152

  Murrill, B ^a   Morell, L ^b   Olimpiew, E ^c  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Testing

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE TESTING;

COUPLING EFFECT; DATA STATE; FAULT SENSITIVITY ANALYSES (FSA); FLOW MODELLING; MUTATION TESTING; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; PROPAGATION ANALYSIS; PROPAGATION RATE; TEST SETS; TESTING STRATEGIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646148236     PISSN: 27708527     EISSN: 27708535     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2002.1181507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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