Automating regression test selection based on UML designs

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-30

  Briand, L C ^b   Labiche, Y ^a   He, S ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Object oriented software engineering; Regression testing; Test selection; UML

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING;

CHANGE ANALYSES; DESIGN CHANGES; FORMAL MAPPINGS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES; OBJECT-ORIENTED; OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; PROTOTYPE TOOLS; REGRESSION TEST SELECTIONS; REGRESSION TESTING; REGRESSION TESTS; STUDENT PROJECTS; SUPPORT TESTS; TEST SELECTION; UML; UML DESIGNS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE 2.0;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 56649118931     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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