AutoAbstract: Problem Statement and Hypothetical Solutions

Author

Ali, Shaukat

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Verification & Testing Group, Univ. of Sheffield

fYear

2006

fDate

29-31 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

80

Abstract

Automated abstraction of code into state-based specification and test generation (AutoAbstract) is a project funded by EPSRC. The aim of the project is to devise methods and a tool to abstract out specifications from the code using some hints from the developer. These specifications will be in the form of X-machines. It is assumed that these hints are available in the form of incomplete specifications and are refined using reverse-engineered X-machines. Finally, a method will be developed to generate concrete test cases from the refined X-machines and the tool will be updated accordingly. The main theme of my PhD lies within the AutoAbstract project. This PhD extended abstract will contain the technical challenges involved in the project followed by the parts of the work involved in the project that are linked to my interests. The proposed solutions to these parts will also be discussed

Keywords

finite state machines; formal specification; program diagnostics; program testing; reverse engineering; software tools; AutoAbstract project; automated code abstraction; reverse-engineered X-machine; software tool; state-based specifications; test generation; Automatic testing; Computer science; Concrete; Data mining; Information analysis; Performance evaluation; Proposals; Reverse engineering; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Testing: Academic and Industrial Conference - Practice And Research Techniques, 2006. TAIC PART 2006. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Windsor

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2672-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAIC-PART.2006.4

Filename

1691672