Towards a deeper understanding of test coverage

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-76

  Kanstrén, Teemu ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Level of testing; Test coverage; Test granularity; Test optimization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LEVEL OF TESTING; TEST COVERAGE; TEST GRANULARITY; TEST OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 40049103889     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.362     Document Type: Article

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