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C Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International 1997

COM PSAC '97 - 21st International Computer Software and Applications Conferenc e

A defect prevention approach to architecture-based testing

C OMPSAC '97 - 21st International C omputer Software and Applications C onference

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D.J. Richardson, De pt. o f Inf. & Co m put. Sci., California Univ., Irvine , C A, USA
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Research in software architectures often marginalizes the importance of testing in relation
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to architectural design decisions. It is the authors' belief that testing has a pivotal role in BibTex
software architectural design, in particular, defect prevention and defect detection. How RefWorks Procite/RefMan
effectively testing fulfills these roles is dependent on when and how the test process is
introduced into the life cycle. Defect prevention requires that software test planning begin A dd to:
with requirements. Effective test planning requires textual and visual tools to analyze the
control and data structures to be tested. Architecture-based testing presents a unique Digg Spurl Sim py
testing challenge as data and control issues must be analyzed for complex Furl Blink Go ogle
interdependencies. They introduce a generalized program graph GPG to be used with
architecture-based test criteria to support analyzing architectures for test optimization. Del.icio .us
They introduce what they believe to be the salient issues in achieving defect prevention
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and detection for architecture-based testing. They conclude with suggestions for future
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software engineering; architecture-based testing; defect prevention; software
architectures; architectural design decisions; software architectural design; defect
detection; software test planning; textual tools; visual tools; control structures; data
structures; complex interdependencies; generalized program graph; test optimization
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N.S. Eickelmann, D.J. Richardson, "A defect prevention approach to architecture-based testing," compsac, pp.162, C OMPSAC '97 - 21st
International C omputer Software and Applications C onference, 1997

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