A survey of coverage-based testing tools

Computer Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-597

  Yang, Qian ^a   Li, J Jenny ^a   Weiss, David M ^a  

^a AVAYA LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Code coverage; Coverage based testing tool; Dominator analysis; Prioritization; Test case generation

Indexed keywords

CODE COVERAGE; COVERAGE-BASED TESTING TOOL; DOMINATOR ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; TEST CASE GENERATION;

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SURVEYS; TESTING;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 68049092873     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxm021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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