Towards a metamorphic testing methodology for service-oriented software applications

Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 470-476

  Chan, W K ^a   Cheung, S C ^a   Leung, Karl R P H ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Integration testing; Metamorphic testing infrastructure; Service oriented architecture; Unit testing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

INTEGRATION TESTING; METAMORPHIC TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE; SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SOFTWARE COMPONENTS;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33947388476     PISSN: 15506002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QSIC.2005.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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