Title :
An empirical study of the complexity of data flow testing
Author :
Weyuker, Elaine J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Courant Inst. of Math. Sci., New York Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
An empirical study to determine the cost of using a family of test data adequacy criteria based on data-flow information is described. Evidence shows that even as the program size increases, the amount of testing, expressed in terms of the number of test cases sufficient to satisfy a given criterion, remains modest. A method of predicting the number of test cases that will be needed to satisfy a given criterion for a given program is explored
Keywords :
program testing; complexity; data flow testing; empirical study; program size; Computer science; Contracts; Costs; Information analysis; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Testing, Verification, and Analysis, 1988., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0868-4
DOI :
10.1109/WST.1988.5374
