A measure for component interaction test coverage

Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 304-311

  Williams, A W ^a   Probert, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

interactions; Software engineering; system testing; test coverage

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TESTING;

COMPONENT INTERACTION; FORMAL DEFINITION; INTERACTION PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; SYSTEM TESTING; TEST COMPONENTS; TEST COVERAGE;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84928673435     PISSN: 21615322     EISSN: 21615330     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AICCSA.2001.934001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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