[1] Nie Changhai, Xu Baowen, , et al. Generating test cases for software configuration testing [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2004, 20 (1): 26-30. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2004.01.006]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

20

Issue:

2004 1

Page:

26-30

Research Field:

Computer Science and Engineering

Publishing date:

2004-03-30

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Title:

Generating test cases for software configuration testing

Author(s):

Nie Changhai¹;  3;  Xu Baowen¹;  2;  3;  4

¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
²School of Computer Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
³Jiangsu Institute of Software Quality, Nanjing 210096, China
⁴State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Keywords:

software testing;  configuration testing;  test case;  combination cover

PACS:

TP311

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2004.01.006

Abstract:

Software configuration testing is used to test a piece of software with all kinds of hardware to ensure that it can run properly on them. This paper generates test cases for configuration testing with several common methods, such as multiple single-factor experiments, uniform design, and orthogonal experiment design used in other fields. This paper analyzes their merits and improves the orthogonal experiment design method with pairwise testing, and decrease the testing risk caused by incomplete testing with a method of multiple-factors-covering. It also presents a simple factor cover method which can cover all the factors and pairwise combinations to the greatest degree. Finally some comparisons of these methods are made on the aspects of test suite scale, coverage, and usability, etc.

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Memo:

Biographies: Nie Changhai(1971—), male, graduate; Xu Baowen(corresponding author), male, professor, bwxu@seu.edu.cn.

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