Comparing and combining software defect detection techniques: A replicated empirical study

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1301, Issue , 1997, Pages 262-277

  Wood, Murray ^a   Roper, Marc ^a   Brooks, Andrew ^a   Miller, James ^a  

^a Empirical Foundations of Computer Science (EFoCS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code reading; Code review; Empirical study; Functional testing; Replication; Software testing; Structural testing

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DEFECTS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CODE READING; CODE REVIEW; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; REPLICATION; STRUCTURAL TESTING;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84949438860     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-63531-9_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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