Title :
A systematic mapping study on experiments with automatic structural test case generation
Author :
Quintana, G. ; Solari, Martin
Author_Institution :
Univ. ORT Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Abstract :
In the literature there are many empirical studies to evaluate techniques for automatic structural test case generation. However, there isn´t a systematic study about the kind of experiments that are conducted to automate the process. The main objective of this paper is the classification and thematic analysis of the experiments reported in the literature to increase the efficacy and efficiency of the automation of structural testing and a classification of the techniques for generating test data. The methodology is a systematic mapping study. The results indicate that the experiments are mainly focused in three areas (test data generation, reduction of test suites and techniques for dealing with complex structures of programs), and that there are different combined approaches to make the generation more effective and efficient.
Keywords :
pattern classification; program testing; automatic structural test case generation; classification; program complex structures; structural testing; systematic mapping study; test data generation; test suite reduction; thematic analysis; Automation; IEEE Xplore; Irrigation; Software; Software testing; Systematics; Automatic Software Testing; Automatic Test Case Generation; Empirical Software Engineering; Systematic Mapping Study;
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427203