Experiences with cluster and class testing

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Experiences with cluster and class testing

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 37 , Issue 9 (September 1994) table of contents

Pages: 39 - 47

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0001-0782

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Gail C. Murphy	Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Paul Townsend	MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Pok Sze Wong	MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.1 PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

General Terms:
Experimentation, Performance

REVIEW

"Scott R. Tilley : Reviewer"

The results of using a new class-level testing technique on Trouble Advisor for Customer Services (TRACS), a distributed network management system written in C++ and Eiffel, are presented. Previous releases of TRACS used system-level and clust more...

Collaborative Colleagues:

Gail C. Murphy: colleagues

Paul Townsend: colleagues

Pok Sze Wong: colleagues

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