automated test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems

	automated test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems
	Zhang Jian; Cheung SC
	2002
发表期刊	Software:Practice and Experience
卷号	32 期号:15 页码:1411-1435
摘要	With the advancement in network bandwidth and computing power, multimedia systems have become a popular means for information delivery. However, general principles of system testing cannot be directly applied to testing of multimedia systems on account of their stringent temporal and synchronization requirements. In particular, few studies have been made on the stress testing of multimedia systems with respect to their temporal requirements under resource saturation. Stress testing is important because erroneous behavior is most likely to occur under resource saturation. This paper presents an automatable method of test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems. It adapts constraint solving techniques to generate test cases that lead to potential resource saturation in a multimedia system. Coverage of the test cases is defined upon the reachability graph of a multimedia system. The proposed stress testing technique is supported by tools and has been successfully applied to a real-life commercial multimedia system. Although our technique focuses on the stress testing of multimedia systems, the underlying issues and concepts are applicable to other types of real-time systems.
收录类别	sci
关键词	Multimedia Systems Stress Testing Static Analysis Resource Consumption Test Case Generation Constraint Solving
部门归属	计算机科学国家重点实验室
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/3188
专题	基础软件与系统重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang Jian,Cheung SC. automated test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems[J]. Software:Practice and Experience,2002,32(15):1411-1435.
APA	Zhang Jian,&Cheung SC.(2002).automated test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems.Software:Practice and Experience,32(15),1411-1435.
MLA	Zhang Jian,et al."automated test case generation for the stress testing of multimedia systems".Software:Practice and Experience 32.15(2002):1411-1435.