A prioritization approach for software test cases based on bayesian networks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4422 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 276-290

  Mirarab, Siavash ^a   Tahvildari, Ladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Regression testing; Test case prioritization

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FAULT DETECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

REGRESSION TESTING; TEST CASE PRIORITIZATION;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 37149031408     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71289-3_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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