An indepth study of mirror adaptive random testing

Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-58

  Kuo, Fei Ching ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RANDOM TESTING; IN-DEPTH STUDY; RANDOM TESTING; TEST CASE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MIRRORS;

OPTICAL TESTING;

EID: 77950612932     PISSN: 15506002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QSIC.2009.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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