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ESEC 1989: ESEC '89 pp 487–496Cite as

Assay-a tool to support regression testing

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Software maintenance has become one of the most crucial activities within the software lifecycle and involves changing programs as a result of errors, or adjustments in user requirements. It is well established that new errors may be inadvertently introduced into the original code when a software system is undergoing maintenance. Regression testing describes the process of software revalidation after such modifications have been undertaken. This paper discusses some of the problems associated with revalidation, and the development of a tool to support regression testing, known as Assay.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, IP5 7RE, Ipswich, England

    R. Lewis & D. W. Beck

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, Durham, England

    J. Hartmann

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  1. R. Lewis
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  2. D. W. Beck
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C. Ghezzi J. A. McDermid

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Lewis, R., Beck, D.W., Hartmann, J. (1989). Assay-a tool to support regression testing. In: Ghezzi, C., McDermid, J.A. (eds) ESEC '89. ESEC 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 387. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51635-2_56

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