Martin Woodward
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Dr Martin R. Woodward was a British
computer scientist who made leading contributions in the field of in software testing
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Martin Woodward was an academic in the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Liverpool
in England
. As part of his leading role in software testing, for 13 years, until shortly before his death, Woodward was the Chief Editor of the journal Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (STVR), a major international journal in the field of software testing.
Woodward undertook software testing research in areas such as mutation testing, maturity models, testability
, etc.
United Kingdom
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computer scientist who made leading contributions in the field of in software testing
Software testing
Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...
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Martin Woodward was an academic in the Department of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
at the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. As part of his leading role in software testing, for 13 years, until shortly before his death, Woodward was the Chief Editor of the journal Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (STVR), a major international journal in the field of software testing.
Woodward undertook software testing research in areas such as mutation testing, maturity models, testability
Testability
Testability, a property applying to an empirical hypothesis, involves two components: the logical property that is variously described as contingency, defeasibility, or falsifiability, which means that counterexamples to the hypothesis are logically possible, and the practical feasibility of...
, etc.