NDLI: Model-based pairwise testing for feature interaction coverage in software product line engineering

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Author	Lochau, Malte Oster, Sebastian Goltz, Ursula Schürr, Andy
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Testing software product lines (SPLs) is very challenging due to a high degree of variability leading to an enormous number of possible products. The vast majority of today’s testing approaches for SPLs validate products individually using different kinds of reuse techniques for testing. Because of their reusability and adaptability capabilities, model-based approaches are suitable to describe variability and are therefore frequently used for implementation and testing purposes of SPLs. Due to the enormous number of possible products, individual product testing becomes more and more infeasible. Pairwise testing offers one possibility to test a subset of all possible products. However, according to the best of our knowledge, there is no contribution discussing and rating this approach in the SPL context. In this contribution, we provide a mapping between feature models describing the common and variable parts of an SPL and a reusable test model in the form of statecharts. Thereby, we interrelate feature model-based coverage criteria and test model-based coverage criteria such as control and data flow coverage and are therefore able to discuss the potentials and limitations of pairwise testing. We pay particular attention to test requirements for feature interactions constituting a major challenge in SPL engineering. We give a concise definition of feature dependencies and feature interactions from a testing point of view, and we discuss adequacy criteria for SPL coverage under pairwise feature interaction testing and give a generalization to the T-wise case. The concept and implementation of our approach are evaluated by means of a case study from the automotive domain.
Starting Page	567
Ending Page	604
Page Count	38
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09639314
Journal	Software Quality Journal
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	15731367
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-09-25
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Software product lines Model-based engineering and testing Test generation and coverage Combinatorial testing Feature interaction Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems Operating Systems Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality Media Technology Software

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