Fault detection probability analysis for coverage-based test suite reduction

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 335-344

  McMaster, Scott ^a   Memon, Atif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimization; Reduction; Test coverage; Test suite management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DATA STRUCTURES; FAULT DETECTION; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING;

COVERAGE CRITERIA; DETECTION PROBABILITIES; EMPIRICAL COMPARISON; FAULT-DETECTION EFFECTIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; METRICS (CO); SIZE REDUCTIONS; TEST CASES; TEST COVERAGE; TEST SUITES; TEST-SUITE REDUCTION;

EQUIPMENT TESTING;

EID: 47349110847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2007.4362646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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