assertion-directed test case generation

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	assertion-directed test case generation
	Zeng Fanping; Deng Chaoqiang; Yuan Yuan
	2012
会议名称	2012 3rd World Congress on Software Engineering, WCSE 2012
会议录名称	Proceedings of the 2012 3rd World Congress on Software Engineering, WCSE 2012
页码	41-45
会议日期	November 6, 2012 - November 8, 2012
会议地点	Wuhan, China
收录类别	EI
ISBN	9780769548630
部门归属	(1) School of Computer Science and Technology University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui China; (2) State Key Laboratory of Computer Science Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
摘要	How to effectively generate test cases is the key to software testing. In our previous research, we applied the program dynamic invariant as feedback to guide test case generation, and that can reduce the redundancy and improve the coverage effectively. However, the repeated extraction of program dynamic invariants significantly increased the burden of test case generation. To address this issue, we present a novel technique that automatically converts program dynamic invariant into assertion and then make use of the assertion to direct the process of test case generation. If the new test case does not violate the assertion (that means the new test case will change the program invariant), then the new case is a valid test case, otherwise it is a redundant invalid test case. This method can avoid the repetition of extracting the same program invariant. Our experimental results indicate that, while not reducing the quality of the generated test cases, the assertion-directed method can greatly reduce the time cost of test case generation. © 2012 IEEE.; How to effectively generate test cases is the key to software testing. In our previous research, we applied the program dynamic invariant as feedback to guide test case generation, and that can reduce the redundancy and improve the coverage effectively. However, the repeated extraction of program dynamic invariants significantly increased the burden of test case generation. To address this issue, we present a novel technique that automatically converts program dynamic invariant into assertion and then make use of the assertion to direct the process of test case generation. If the new test case does not violate the assertion (that means the new test case will change the program invariant), then the new case is a valid test case, otherwise it is a redundant invalid test case. This method can avoid the repetition of extracting the same program invariant. Our experimental results indicate that, while not reducing the quality of the generated test cases, the assertion-directed method can greatly reduce the time cost of test case generation. © 2012 IEEE.
关键词	Software Engineering Testing
主办者	Wuhan University of Technology
语种	英语
内容类型	会议论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/15858
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zeng Fanping,Deng Chaoqiang,Yuan Yuan. assertion-directed test case generation[C],2012:41-45.