IntelligenTester - Test sequence optimization framework using multi-agents

Journal of Computers

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Mala, D Jeya ^a   Mohan, V ^a  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

HGA (Hybrid Genetic Algorithm); Intelligent agents; Software testing; UML (Unified Mark up Language)

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

HIGHLY RELIABLE SYSTEMS; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT SEARCH AGENTS; INTELLIGENT TEST; TEST CASE GENERATION; TEST GENERATIONS; TEST SEQUENCE GENERATIONS; TEST SEQUENCE OPTIMIZATION;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 67650421718     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.3.6.39-46     Document Type: Article

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