Guidance for test selection based on the cost of errors
David A. Gustafson · AFIPS conference proceedings · 1984
A continual problem in the area of software testing is deciding if and where in a program additional testing should be done. Recent work by Cheung has indicated that the relative reliability of the individual nodes in a software flow graph, or modules in a software structure, can be used to guide the testing. This paper attempts to aid this process by suggesting a method for assigning a cost factor to the individual nodes in the software flow graph. This cost can be used to guide selection of additional tests.