Prioritization of test cases in MUMCUT test sets: An empirical study

Yuen T. Yu, Man F. Lau

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

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Abstract

Software developers often have to test a program with a large number of test cases to reveal faults in the program. Some of these test cases may detect faults, and some may not. This leads to an important question on how to arrange the test cases to be executed so that more faults can be detected earlier. With a higher rate of fault detection at the early stage of testing, software developers can then spend more time on fixing the faults. This paper studies several ways of prioritizing test cases in a MUMCUT test set, which guarantees to detect certain types of faults in a Boolean specification written in irredundant disjunctive normal form. Our results suggest a certain ordering that reveals more faults earlier in the testing phases.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2002
Subtitle of host publication7th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Proceedings
EditorsJohann Blieberger, Alfred Strohmeier
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages245-256
Volume2361
ISBN (Print)3540437843, 9783540437840
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Event7th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2002 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 17 Jun 200221 Jun 2002

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2361
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2002
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period17/06/0221/06/02

Research Keywords

  • Empirical study
  • Software testing
  • Specification-based testing
  • Test case prioritization

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