Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and opportunities
Metamorphic testing is an approach to both test case generation and test result verification. A central element is a set of metamorphic relations, which are necessary properties of the target function or algorithm in relation to multiple inputs and their expected outputs. Since its first publication...
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| author | Chen, Tsong Yueh Kuo, Fei-Ching Liu, Huai Poon, Pak-Lok Towey, Dave Tse, T. H. Zhou, Zhi Quan |
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| description | Metamorphic testing is an approach to both test case generation and test result verification. A central element is a set of metamorphic relations, which are necessary properties of the target function or algorithm in relation to multiple inputs and their expected outputs. Since its first publication, we have witnessed a rapidly increasing body of work examining metamorphic testing from various perspectives, including metamorphic relation identification, test case generation, integration with other software engineering techniques, and the validation and evaluation of software systems. In this paper, we review the current research of metamorphic testing and discuss the challenges yet to be addressed. We also present visions for further improvement of metamorphic testing and highlight opportunities for new research. |
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| spelling | nottingham-516072018-05-12T04:33:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51607/ Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and opportunities Chen, Tsong Yueh Kuo, Fei-Ching Liu, Huai Poon, Pak-Lok Towey, Dave Tse, T. H. Zhou, Zhi Quan Metamorphic testing is an approach to both test case generation and test result verification. A central element is a set of metamorphic relations, which are necessary properties of the target function or algorithm in relation to multiple inputs and their expected outputs. Since its first publication, we have witnessed a rapidly increasing body of work examining metamorphic testing from various perspectives, including metamorphic relation identification, test case generation, integration with other software engineering techniques, and the validation and evaluation of software systems. In this paper, we review the current research of metamorphic testing and discuss the challenges yet to be addressed. We also present visions for further improvement of metamorphic testing and highlight opportunities for new research. ACM 2018-04-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51607/1/__MTChallOpporCSUR.accepted.20170922.pdf Chen, Tsong Yueh, Kuo, Fei-Ching, Liu, Huai, Poon, Pak-Lok, Towey, Dave, Tse, T. H. and Zhou, Zhi Quan (2018) Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and opportunities. ACM Computing Surveys, 51 (1). 4/1-4/27. ISSN 1557-7341 Software and its engineering; Software verification and validation; Software testing and debugging; https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3177787.3143561 doi:10.1145/3143561 doi:10.1145/3143561 |
| spellingShingle | Software and its engineering; Software verification and validation; Software testing and debugging; Chen, Tsong Yueh Kuo, Fei-Ching Liu, Huai Poon, Pak-Lok Towey, Dave Tse, T. H. Zhou, Zhi Quan Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and opportunities |
| title | Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| title_full | Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| title_short | Metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| title_sort | metamorphic testing: a review of challenges and
opportunities |
| topic | Software and its engineering; Software verification and validation; Software testing and debugging; |
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