Reducing wasted development time via continuous testing

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-292

  Saff, D ^a   Ernst, M D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CONTINUOUS TESTING; DEVELOPER BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DEVELOPMENT TIME; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ERRORS; TESTING METHODOLOGY;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84954458183     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2003.1251050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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