The impact of test suite granularity on the cost-effectiveness of regression testing

Regression testing is an expensive testing process used to validate software following modifications. The cost-effectiveness of regression testing techniques varies with characteristics of test suites. One such characteristic, test suite granularity, involves the way in which test inputs are grouped...

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Hauptverfasser:	Rothermel, G., Elbaum, S., Malishevsky, A., Kallakuri, P., Davia, B.
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