Testing component compatibility in evolving configurations

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 445-458

  Yoon, Ilchul ^b   Sussman, Alan ^a   Memon, Atif ^a   Porter, Adam ^a  

^a Institute of Advanced Computer Science   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Incremental testing; Software component

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; COMPATIBILITY; COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE; COMPONENT COMPATIBILITY; CONFIGURATION SAMPLING; EVOLUTION HISTORY; FOCUSING TESTS; MIDDLEWARE COMPONENTS; NEW DIMENSIONS; PRIORITIZATION MECHANISM; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; TEST ADEQUACY CRITERIA; TESTING METHOD; TESTING PROCESS; TESTING SESSIONS;

MIDDLEWARE;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84869870371     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.09.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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