Title :
A database approach to testing and evaluating of object-oriented programs
Author :
Ohara, Soichiro ; Hu, Linhua ; Hui, Meng ; Wang, Taehyung ; Sheu, Phillip C-Y ; Tsunoda, Fumihiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
Our research in the past has been focused on the use of database/knowledge base technologies to automate software testing tasks in order to provide a more cost-effective approach to managing software faults. Our recent interest is to build a knowledge-based testing and evaluation (T&E) environment such that tests, faults and diagnoses associated with a program at different levels of abstraction over time are presented and stored as objects. These objects can be automatically tracked and analyzed so that patterns and knowledge can be extracted to facilitate the T&E of future software products and to facilitate the maintenance of existing products
Keywords :
automatic test software; deductive databases; object-oriented programming; program diagnostics; program testing; program verification; programming environments; software maintenance; abstraction levels; automatic object analysis; automatic object tracking; automatic software testing; cost-effective approach; database approach; knowledge extraction; knowledge-based environment; object-oriented programs; pattern extraction; program diagnosis; program evaluation; program testing; software fault management; software maintenance; software products; Computer architecture; Fault diagnosis; Knowledge management; Object oriented databases; Pattern analysis; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software testing; Technology management; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems, 1999. WORDS 1999 Fall. Proceedings. Fifth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0616-X
DOI :
10.1109/WORDSF.1999.842328
