Usefulness of acceptance testing information for component-based system maintenance

IET Software

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Mahmood, S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTING; COMPONENT BASED SYSTEMS; FIT TABLES; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MAINTENANCE PROCESS; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; MAINTAINABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84862097457     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2011.0059     Document Type: Article

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