Research progress in testing techniques of component-based software

Jisuanji Yanjiu yu Fazhan/Computer Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1375-1382

  Mao, Chengying ^a   Lu, Yansheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Component based software (CBS); Internetware; Reliability; Testability; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPONENTS; INTERNET; INTEROPERABILITY; RELIABILITY; TESTING;

COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE (CBS); COMPONENT INTERACTION GRAPH (CIG); INTERNETWARE; LABELED TRANSITION SYSTEM (LTS); OBJECT ORIENTED METHODOLOGY; SOFTWARE COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY; TESTABILITY; TESTING FRAMEWORKS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748748639     PISSN: 10001239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/crad20060810     Document Type: Review

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