Building test cases and oracles to automate the testing of web database applications

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-477

  Ran, Lihua ^a   Dyreson, Curtis ^b   Andrews, Anneliese ^c   Bryce, Renée ^b   Mallery, Christopher ^d  

^a SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^b Utah State University ^*  (United States)

^c University of Denver   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Database modification; Functional testing; Software testing; Web applications

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPECIFICATIONS; TESTING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BUILDING TESTS; CASE STUDIES; DATA FLOWS; DATA SPECIFICATIONS; DATABASE MODIFICATION; FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVES; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; FUNCTIONAL TESTS; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; STATE TRANSITION DIAGRAMS; TEST CASES; TESTING TECHNIQUES; WEB APPLICATIONS; WEB DATABASES; WORKING SYSTEMS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 56349155537     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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