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On Testing and Evaluating Service-Oriented Software
August 2008 (vol. 41 no. 8)
pp. 40-46
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Wei-Tek Tsai, Xinyu Zhou, Yinong Chen, Xiaoying Bai, "On Testing and Evaluating Service-Oriented Software," Computer, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 40-46, August, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2008.304,
author = {Wei-Tek Tsai and Xinyu Zhou and Yinong Chen and Xiaoying Bai},
title = {On Testing and Evaluating Service-Oriented Software},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {41},
number = {8},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2008},
pages = {40-46},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2008.304},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - Computer
TI - On Testing and Evaluating Service-Oriented Software
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SN - 0018-9162
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PY - 2008
KW - test case selection
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Wei-Tek Tsai, Arizona State University
Xinyu Zhou, VMware
Yinong Chen, Arizona State University
Xiaoying Bai, Tsinghua University, China
As service-oriented architecture matures and more Web services become available, developers must test an ever-increasing volume of services. A framework that defines and evaluates test-case potency based on coverage relationships can reduce testing effort while maintaining testing's effectiveness.

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Index Terms:
test case selection, test case design, test case ranking, Web services, verification.
Citation:
Wei-Tek Tsai, Xinyu Zhou, Yinong Chen, Xiaoying Bai, "On Testing and Evaluating Service-Oriented Software," Computer, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 40-46, Aug. 2008, doi:10.1109/MC.2008.304
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