"IEEE; IEEE Computer Society."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-402) and index.

What is software quality? -- Quality assurance -- Quality assurance in context -- Quality engineering -- Testing : concepts, issues, and techniques -- Test activities, management, and automation -- Coverage and usage testing based on checklists and partitions -- Input domain partitioning and boundary testing -- Coverage and usage testing based on finite-state machines and Markov chains -- Control flow, data dependency, and interaction testing -- Testing techniques : adaptation, specialization, and integration -- Defect prevention and process improvement -- Software inspection -- Formal verification -- Fault tolerance and failure containment -- Comparing quality assurance techniques and activities -- Feedback loop and activities for quantifiable quality improvement -- Quality models and measurements -- Defect classification and analysis -- Risk identification for quantifiable quality improvement -- Software reliability engineering.

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"This text offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to software quality engineering. By following the author's clear guidance, readers learn how to master the techniques to produce high-quality, reliable software, regardless of the software system's level of complexity." "This is a superior textbook for software engineering, computer science, information systems, and electrical engineering students, and a dependable reference for software and computer professionals and engineers."--Jacket

English.

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