An assessment methodology for trace reduction techniques

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-116

  Cornelissen, Bas ^a   Moonen, Leon ^b   Zaidman, Andy ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS TOOLS; DYNAMIC INFORMATIONS; EXECUTION TRACES; PROGRAM COMPREHENSIONS; REDUCTION METHODS; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCES; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENTS; TEST SETS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 57849156543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2008.4658059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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