A state model for the Software Test Process with automated parameter identification

Author

Cangussu, João W. ; DeCarlo, Ray A. ; Mathur, Aditya P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

706

Abstract

A model is proposed to assist software test managers in controlling the behavior and progress of the Software Test Process (STP) by allowing them to compare predicted behavior against observed progress made at various checkpoints. The model, whose parameters are based on measured data and process characteristics, generates the predicted behavior. An algorithm for the parameter estimation is set forth. The error between the predicted and desired behavior is used to drive a parametric control algorithm that tells the manager how to correct for schedule deviations

Keywords

parameter estimation; program testing; software management; STP; automated parameter identification; measured data; parameter estimation; parametric control algorithm; predicted behavior; process characteristics; schedule deviations; software test managers; software test process; state model; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Character generation; Error correction; Parameter estimation; Predictive models; Project management; Software algorithms; Software development management; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.972997

Filename

972997