A single-network ANN-based oracle to verify logical software modules

ICSTE 2010 - 2010 2nd International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 272-276

  Shahamiri, Seyed Reza ^a   Kadir, Wan M N Wan ^a   Ibrahim, Suhaimi ^a  

^a Faculty of Computer Science and Information System   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Automated test oracles; Logical software modules; Mutation testing; Software testing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATED TEST; MISCLASSIFICATION ERROR; MODULE UNDER TESTS; MUTATION TESTING; SOFTWARE MODULES; SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION; TEST ORACLES; TRAINING DATASET;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 78650030837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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