Interaction test data generation using harmony search algorithm

2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ISIEA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 559-564

  Alsewari, AbdulRahman A ^a   Zamli, Kamal Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Combinatorial Testing; Harmony Search Algorithm; Software Testing; T Way Testing

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL TESTING; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; T-WAY TESTING; TEST DATA; TEST DATA GENERATION;

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84855936897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIEA.2011.6108775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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