Prioritizing tests for software fault localization

Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 42-51

  Gonzales Sanchez, Alberto ^a   Piel, Eric ^a   Gross, Hans Gerhard ^a   Van Gemund, Arjan J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBUGGING COSTS; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC QUALITY; FAILURE DETECTION; FAULT LOCALIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; SIEMENS; SOFTWARE FAULT LOCALIZATION; TEST CASE; TEST CASE PRIORITIZATION; TEST COST;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; FAULT DETECTION; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

TESTING;

EID: 77958162686     PISSN: 15506002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QSIC.2010.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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