Using GUI run-time state as feedback to generate test cases

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 396-405

  Xun, Yuan ^a   Memon, Atif M ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

APPLICATION UNDER TEST (AUT); OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS); TESTING PROCESSES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 34548745202     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2007.94     Document Type: Conference Paper

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