Directions for U.S. Research and Development Efforts on Software Testing and Analysis A Report from the Workshop on Directions in Software Testing and Analysis

This report sets forth a national research agenda aimed at improving the quality of computer software–an invisible, yet increasingly crucial, element of our national infrastructure. The report is a summary of a meeting of research and industrial leaders, held at San Diego, California, 1-3 August 1989, under the sponsorship of the U.S. Office of Naval Research and Office of Naval Technology. This workshop identified nine promising directions of analysis and testing research, aimed at strengthening the underlying foundations and furthering the exploration of innovative and novel ideas. Most of these research directions show promise of producing technology transferable into effective use in industry within the decade.