Heuristics for model checking Java programs

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-276

  Groce, Alex ^a   Visser, Willem ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage metrics; Heuristic search; Model checking; Testing

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING STRUCTURES; COVERAGE METRICS; HEURISTIC MODEL; HEURISTIC SEARCH; JAVA PROGRAM; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; STATE-SPACE EXPLOSION;

ERRORS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MODEL CHECKING; TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84896693574     PISSN: 14332779     EISSN: 14332787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10009-003-0130-9     Document Type: Article

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