10-06-2017, 06:43 AM
Test case Reduction-An Experimental Analysis through Coverage Techniques
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. INTRODUCTION
Testing plays an important role in all the phase of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).Testing software with all possible values provides more confidence about the quality and reliability of the software. In this technique, Test manager executes the programs with all infinite combinations of values for program variables [1].Generally the domain of a program is infinite and cannot be used as a test data.
TEST CASE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE Test case reduction (also known as minimization or filtration) technique help to find out effective test cases during maintenance phase and drastically reduce the testing cost. It focuses on reducing test suites to obtain a subset that yields equivalent coverage with respect to some criteria [7].
PROPOSED TEST CASE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE Development organizations always desire such test case reduction techniques that identify optimal test cases using minimal testing resources. Test Filter is a simple technique that picks non-redundant test cases very efficiently based on their weights. The working procedure of Test Filter is as follows