Automating system tests using declarative virtual machines

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 181-190

  Van Der Burg, Sander ^a   Dolstra, Eelco ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED REGRESSION TESTING; AUTOMATED TEST; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CONFIGURATION MODEL; DATA-BASE SERVERS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ON THE FLIES; RAPID FEEDBACK; REGRESSION TESTS; SHARED LIBRARIES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES; SOURCE CODES; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEM TEST; SYSTEM-LEVEL SOFTWARE; TEST CASE; UNIT TESTS; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PROGRAM COMPILERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPECIFICATIONS; TESTING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 79952017706     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2010.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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