Selecting software test data using data flow information (1985)
| Venue: | IEEE Trans. Soft. Eng., SE11:367 |
| Citations: | 257 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Rapps85selectingsoftware,
author = {Sandra Rapps and Elaine and J. Weyuker},
title = {Selecting software test data using data flow information},
journal = {IEEE Trans. Soft. Eng., SE11:367},
year = {1985}
}
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Abstract
Abstract-This paper defines a family of program test data selection criteria derived from data flow analysis techniques similar to those used in compiler optimization. It is argued that currently used path selection criteria, which examine only the control flow of a program, are inadequate. Our procedure associates with each point in a program at which a variable is defined, those points at which the value is used. Several test data selection criteria, differing in the type and number of these associations, are defied and compared. Index Terms-Data flow, program testing, test data selection.
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