Testing and Quality Assurance for Component-Based Software
Published on 31. August 2003
Book
Hardback
468 pages
978-1-58053-480-2 (ISBN)
Description
Presenting the state of the art in component-based software testing, this cutting-edge resource offers you an in-depth understanding of the current issues, challenges, needs and solutions in this critical area. The book discusses the very latest advances in component-based testing and quality assurance in an accessible tutorial format, making the material easy to comprehend and benefit from no matter what your professional level. The book clearly explains what component-based software testing is, why it is important, and how it differs from traditional software testing. From an introduction to software components, testing component-based software and validation methods for software components, to performance testing and measurement, standards and certification and verification of quality for component-based systems, you get a revealing snapshot of the key developments in this area, including important research findings. This volume also serves as a textbook for related courses at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
975 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58053-480-2 (9781580534802)
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Additional editions
E-Book
01/2002
1st Edition
Artech House
€82.49
Available for download
Persons
Jerry Zeyu Gao is an associate professor of the department of computer engineering at San José University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas at Arlington. He has published over 40 technical papers in IEEE/ACM journals, magazines, and international conferences, and is a co-author of another book in software testing. H.-S. Jacob Tsao is an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at San José State University. Dr. Tsao received his M.S. in mathematical statistics from the University of Texas at Dallas and his Ph.D. in operations research from the University of California at Berkeley. He has published over 30 refereed journal papers and a research book. Ye Wu is an associate professor at George Mason University. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Shandong University, P.R. China and State University of New York at Albany, respectively. Dr. Wu has been a Member of IEEE since 1999.
Content
Part I Introduction: introduction to software components; testing software components; introductions to component-based software; testing component-based software. Part II Validation methods for software components: black-box testing methods for software components; white-box testing methods for software components; test automation and tools for software components. Part III Validation methods for component-based programs: integration testing for component-based software; regression testing for component-based software; performance testing and measurement; frameworks for testing component-based software. Part IV Quality assurance for software components and component-based software: quality assurance for software components; quality assurance for component-based software systems; standards and certification for software components and component-based software; component quality verification and measurement; verification of quality for component-based software.