01330nam a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024500960008126001340017752007110031165300370102265300190105965300230107865300170110170000170111870000130113510044752025-07-14       1992    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMALDONADO, J. C.  aUsing the essential branch concept to support data-flow based testing criteria application.  aIn: SOFTWARE ENGENEERING AND ITS APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE, 1992, Toulouse, France. Proceedings... (S.I., 1992?). p. 613-623.c1992  aThe use of the essential branch concept in the context of data flow based criteria is discussed. A new version of Chusho´s Reduction Algorithm (CHU87), named the Data Flow Reduction Algorithm, is presented and the automation of the potential uses criteria - a data-flow based structural testing criteria - using these concept is discussed. The aim is to estabilish a uniform and reusable mechanism to support automated structural testing criteria application and evaluation. These concepts are illustrated using an example from the benchmark we have carried out using POKETOOL, a testing tool for empirical evaluation of the Potential Use Criteria. Advantages of using primitive arcs are briefly analyzed.  aData-flow based testing criteria  aPrimitive arcs  aStructural testing  aTesting tool1 aCHAIM, M. L.1 aJINO, M.