Interface mutation: Assessing testing quality at interprocedural level

Proceedings - International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, SCCC

Volumn 1999-November, Issue , 1999, Pages 78-86

  Delamaro, Marcio ^a   Maldonado, Jose Carlos ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

C PROGRAMS; INTER-PROCEDURAL; TEST ADEQUACY CRITERIA; TEST QUALITY; TESTING TOOLS; UNIT TESTING;

INTEGRATION TESTING;

EID: 80053002041     PISSN: 15224902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCCC.1999.810156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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