Title :
Metamorphic testing and beyond
Author :
Chen, T.Y. ; Kuo, F.-C. ; Tse, T.H. ; Zhou, Zhi Quan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
When testing a program, correctly executed test cases are seldom explored further, even though they may carry useful information. Metamorphic testing proposes to generate follow-up test cases to check important properties of the target function. It does not need a human oracle for output prediction and comparison. In this paper, we highlight the basic concepts of metamorphic testing and some interesting extensions in the areas of program testing, proving, and debugging. Future research directions are also proposed.
Keywords :
program debugging; program testing; follow-up test cases; metamorphic testing; program debugging; program proving; program testing; successful test case; test case selection strategy; testing oracle; Arithmetic; Australia Council; Computer science; Cryptography; Debugging; Humans; Information systems; Information technology; Software testing; System testing; Follow-up test cases; metamorphic testing; semi-proving; successful test case; test case selection strategy; testing oracle;
Conference_Titel :
Software Technology and Engineering Practice, 2003. Eleventh Annual International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2218-1
DOI :
10.1109/STEP.2003.18
