Rapid "crash testing" for continuously evolving GUI-based software applications

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 473-482

  Xie, Qing ^a   Memon, Atif M ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FEEDBACK; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MAINTENANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GUI RE-TESTING PROCESS; QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646899615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icsm.2005.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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