Metrics for test suite comprehensiveness

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Alexandros Frantzis
Nov 23, 2018

How can we measure the comprehensiveness of a test suite? Code coverage is the standard metric used in the industry and makes intuitive sense. However, it presents some difficulties for large scale surveys, since it’s not computationally cheap to produce and often requires per project changes or arrangements.

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Alexandros Frantzis

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