01345naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024500960008126000090017752007110018665300370089765300190093465300230095365300170097670000170099370000130101077301280102310044752005-07-21       1992    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aMALDONADO, J. C.  aUsing the essential branch concept to support data-flow based testing criteria application.  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.  tIn: SOFTWARE ENGENEERING AND ITS APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE, 1992, Toulouse, France. Proceedings... (S.I., 1992?). p. 613-623.