Metamorphic slice: An application in spectrum-based fault localization

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 866-879

  Xie, Xiaoyuan ^a,c,d   Wong, W Eric ^b   Chen, Tsong Yueh ^a   Xu, Baowen ^d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metamorphic slice; Metamorphic testing; Slice; Spectrum based fault localization; Test oracle

Indexed keywords

FAULT LOCALIZATION; METAMORPHIC SLICE; METAMORPHIC TESTING; SLICE; TEST ORACLES;

INTEGRATION TESTING; RISK PERCEPTION;

TESTING;

EID: 84875231138     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.08.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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