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[RW85] A family of test data selection criteria based on data flow analysis is defined in this paper.

The authors contend that data flow criteria are superior to currently path selection criteria being used in

that using the latter strategy program errors can go undetected. Definition/use graph is introduced and

compared with a program graph based on the same program. The interrelationships between these data

flow criteria are also discussed.

Question: Method/Means

Result: Technique

Validation: Analysis

[17] M. Shaw, “Prospects for an engineering discipline of software,” IEEE Software, November 1990, pp.

15-24

[Shaw90] Software engineering is still on its way of being a true engineering discipline. This article

studies the model for the evolution of an engineering discipline and applies it to software technology.

Five basic steps are suggested to the software profession to take towards a true engineering discipline:

to understand the nature of expertise, to recognize different ways to get information, to encourage

routine practice, to expect professional specializations, and to improve the coupling between science

and commercial practice. The significant shifts in research attention of software engineering since the

1960s are also given in this article.

Question: Characterization

Result: Descriptive Model

Validation: Persuasion