Identification of test process improvements by combining fault trigger classification and faults-slip-through measurement

2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 152-161

  Damm, Lars Ola ^a,b   Lundberg, Lars ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FAULT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; ORTHOGONAL DEFECT CLASSIFICATION (ODC);

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749043751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2005.1541824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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