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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 5-13 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Information and Software Technology |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
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Keywords
- testing
- software quality
- experimentation
- benchmark repository
- software testing
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Towards a benchmark for the evaluation of software testing techniques. / Miller, J.; Roper, M.; Brooks, A.; Wood, M.
In: Information and Software Technology, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1995, p. 5-13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a benchmark for the evaluation of software testing techniques
AU - Miller, J.
AU - Roper, M.
AU - Brooks, A.
AU - Wood, M.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Despite the existence of a great number of software testing techniques we are largely ignorant of their respective powers as software engineering methods. It is argued that more experimental work in software testing is necessary in order to place testing techniques onto a scale of measurement, or classify them in such a way that is useful to the software engineer. Current experimental practices are examined using a parametric framework and are shown to contribute little towards a cohesive and useful body of knowledge. The idea of a benchmark repository of faulty and correct software is explored enabling unification of diverse experimental results. Such a unification should start the process of moving towards an evaluation taxonomy of testing methods.
AB - Despite the existence of a great number of software testing techniques we are largely ignorant of their respective powers as software engineering methods. It is argued that more experimental work in software testing is necessary in order to place testing techniques onto a scale of measurement, or classify them in such a way that is useful to the software engineer. Current experimental practices are examined using a parametric framework and are shown to contribute little towards a cohesive and useful body of knowledge. The idea of a benchmark repository of faulty and correct software is explored enabling unification of diverse experimental results. Such a unification should start the process of moving towards an evaluation taxonomy of testing methods.
KW - testing
KW - software quality
KW - experimentation
KW - benchmark repository
KW - software testing
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0950-5849(94)00456-3
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DO - 10.1016/0950-5849(94)00456-3
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 5
EP - 13
JO - Information and Software Technology
T2 - Information and Software Technology
JF - Information and Software Technology
SN - 0950-5849
IS - 1
ER -