A practical approach to testing GUI systems

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-357

  Li, Ping ^a   Huynh, Toan ^a   Reformat, Marek ^a   Miller, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complete interaction sequence; Event sequence; GUI; GUI component; GUI testing; Testing; Two tierd testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GRAPH THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPLETE INTERACTION SEQUENCES; EVENT SEQUENCES; TWO-TIERD TESTING;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 34547155151     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-006-9031-3     Document Type: Article

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