Tag-based techniques for black-box test case prioritization for service testing

Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 21-30

  Mei, Lijun ^a   Chan, W K ^b   Tse, T H ^a   Merkel, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black box regression testing; Encapsulation testing; Service testing; Test case prioritization; WS BPEL

Indexed keywords

BLACK BOXES; BLACK-BOX REGRESSION TESTING; REGRESSION TESTING; SERVICE TESTING; TEST CASE PRIORITIZATION; WS-BPEL;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFICATIONS; TESTING; WEB SERVICES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 77950610992     PISSN: 15506002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QSIC.2009.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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