Maturing software engineering knowledge through classifications: A case study on unit testing techniques

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-565

  Vegas, Sira ^a   Juristo, Natalia ^a   Basili, Victor R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Institute of Advanced Computer Science   (United States)

^c Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Software engineering; Software testing; Test design techniques; Testing techniques; Unit testing techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING;

CLASSIFICATION; GENERIC PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE ITEMS; MATCHING TECHNIQUES; OBJECT SELECTION; ORGANIZED STRUCTURE; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; TEST DESIGN TECHNIQUES; TESTING TECHNIQUE; TESTING TECHNIQUE SELECTION; TESTING TECHNIQUES; UNIT TESTING; UNIT TESTING TECHNIQUES;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 68949204174     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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