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A Review: Study of Test Case Generation Techniques

by Itti Hooda, Rajender Chhillar
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 107 - Number 16
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Itti Hooda, Rajender Chhillar
10.5120/18839-0375

Itti Hooda, Rajender Chhillar . A Review: Study of Test Case Generation Techniques. International Journal of Computer Applications. 107, 16 ( December 2014), 33-37. DOI=10.5120/18839-0375

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author = { Itti Hooda, Rajender Chhillar },
title = { A Review: Study of Test Case Generation Techniques },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { December 2014 },
volume = { 107 },
number = { 16 },
month = { December },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 33-37 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume107/number16/18839-0375/ },
doi = { 10.5120/18839-0375 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

Software testing is very labor intensive task for developing software and improving its quality. According to some researchers and software professionals,50% of the time, cost and effort are spent on software testing. To test software, generating test cases is the most important task. Testing can be done either manually or automatically by using various testing tools. In today's scenario software are testedautomatically with the help of tools as it is a fast and accurate process of testing software. Although various testing tools are available in market and are used by testers to test the software and to generate test cases and test data automatically. There are various techniques available for generating test cases like fuzzy logic, finite state machine, neural networks, genetic algorithms, soft computing, genetic programming, evolutionary computation and many others. This paper presents various test case generation methods, test case minimization, selection, and prioritization and evaluation techniques. This paper also focuses on various test case prioritization and selection techniques that help the test engineers to schedule and rank the test cases to reduce the total effort, time and the cost.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Test cases UML Diagrams GeneticAlgorithm Software under Test (SUT) Extended Finite State Machine(EFSM)

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