Improvement of design specifications with inspection and testing

Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, 2005. 31st EUROMICRO Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 222-230

  Winkler, Dietmar ^a   Riedl, Bernhard ^a   Biffl, Stefan ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Software Inspection; Software Product Improvement; Usage Based Testing; Verification Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INSPECTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUPERVISORY AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS;

SOFTWARE INSPECTION; SOFTWARE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT; USAGE-BASED TESTING; VERIFICATION & VALIDATION;

SPECIFICATIONS;

EID: 33747401883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUROMICRO.2005.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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