Mapping study completeness and reliability - A case study

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-135

  Kitchenham, Barbara ^a   Brereton, Pearl ^a   Budgen, David ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

completeness; component; regression testing; software engineering mapping studies; unit testing

Indexed keywords

COMPLETENESS; COMPONENT; MAPPING STUDIES; REGRESSION TESTING; UNIT TESTING;

RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

MAPPING;

EID: 84865525612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2012.0016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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