Too Darned: Testing large systems is a daunting task, but there are steps we can take to ease the pain

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-37

  Stobie, Keith ^a  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

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EID: 85024258973     PISSN: 15427730     EISSN: 15427749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1046931.1046944     Document Type: Article

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