Optimal regression testing based on selective coverage of test requirements

Proceedings - International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, ISPA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 419-426

  Gu, Qing ^a,c   Tang, Bao ^b   Chen, DaoXu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Siemens IT Solutions and Services   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Regression testing; Selective coverage; Software testing; Test requirements; Test suite reduction

Indexed keywords

DETECTION CAPABILITY; MULTI-OBJECTIVE TESTS; REGRESSION TESTING; REGRESSION TESTS; SELECTIVE COVERAGE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; TEST CASE; TEST REQUIREMENTS; TEST SUITE REDUCTION; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FAULT DETECTION; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING;

TESTING;

EID: 79952075859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPA.2010.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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