A coverage analysis of java benchmark suites

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering: part of the 23rd IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics, SE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 144-149

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Mitchell, Áine ^a   Power, James F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Dynamic analysis; Software testing

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK SUITES; BRANCH COVERAGE CRITERIA; CODE COVERAGE; COVERAGE ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC COVERAGES; JAVA PROGRAM; RUNTIMES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 84883035613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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