NDLI: A methodology for controlling the size of a test suite

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Harrold, M.J. Gupta, R. Soffa, M.L.
Copyright Year	1990
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Clemson Univ., SC, USA (Harrold, M.J.)
Abstract	As a result of modifications to a program during the maintenance phase, the size of a test suite used for regression testing can become unmanageable. The authors present a technique that selects from a test suite a representative set of test cases that provides the same measure of coverage as the test suite. This selection is performed by the identification of the redundant and obsolete test cases in the test suite. The representative set can be used to reduce the size of the test suite by substituting for the test suite. The representative set can also be used to determine those test cases that should be rerun to test the program after it has been changed. The technique is independent of the testing methodology and only requires an association between each testing requirement and the test cases that satisfy the requirement. The technique is illustrated by means of the data flow testing methodology. Experimental studies are being performed that demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique.
Starting Page	302
Ending Page	310
File Size	873493
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818620919
DOI	10.1109/ICSM.1990.131378
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1990-11-26
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Size control Software testing Computer science Performance evaluation Software maintenance Software measurement Linear programming
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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