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1. SOA for An Empirical Study of Regression Test Selection Techniques.by TODD L. GRAVESLos Alamos National LaboratoryMARY JEAN HARROLDGeorgia Institute of Technology JUNG-MIN KIM and ADAM PORTER University of Maryland and GREGG ROTHERMEL Oregon State University. Presented by Bob Mazzi 11/6/08

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