Time-aware test suite prioritization

Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, ISSTA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-11

  Walcott, Kristen R ^a   Soffa, Mary Lou ^a   Kapfhammer, Gregory M ^b   Roos, Robert S ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage testing; Genetic algorithms; Test prioritization

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF FAULTS DETECTED (APFD); COVERAGE TESTING; REGRESSION TEST PRIORITIZATION; TEST PRIORITIZATION;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FAULT DETECTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 34247327814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1146238.1146240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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