Title :
Development of an Improved GUI Automation Test System Based on Event-Flow Graph
Author :
Lu, Yongzhong ; Yan, Danping ; Nie, Songlin ; Wang, Chun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Software Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
A more highly automated graphic user interface (GUI) test model, which is based on the event-flow graph, is proposed. In the model, an automation tool is first used to carry out reverse engineering for a GUI test sample so as to obtain the event-flow graph. Then an improved ant colony optimization algorithm and a goal-directed searching approach are adopted to create GUI test sample cases. Moreover, a corresponding prototype system based on Microsoft UI automation framework is developed.
Keywords :
graph theory; graphical user interfaces; optimisation; program testing; search problems; GUI automation test system; ant colony optimization algorithm; event-flow graph; goal-directed searching; graphic user interface; reverse engineering; Ant colony optimization; Artificial intelligence; Automatic testing; Automation; Graphical user interfaces; Prototypes; Reverse engineering; Software engineering; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2008 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3336-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSSE.2008.1336
