Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate
Regression testing is an important task in software development, but it is often associated with high costs and increased project expenses. To address this challenge, prioritizing test cases during test execution is essential as it aims to swiftly identify the hidden faults in the software. In t...
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| author | Nuh, Jamal Abdullahi Koh, Tieng Wei Baharom, Salmi Osman, Mohd Hafeez Babangida, Lawal Letchmunan, Sukumar Kew, Si Na |
| author_facet | Nuh, Jamal Abdullahi Koh, Tieng Wei Baharom, Salmi Osman, Mohd Hafeez Babangida, Lawal Letchmunan, Sukumar Kew, Si Na |
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| description | Regression testing is an important task in software
development, but it is often associated with high costs and
increased project expenses. To address this challenge,
prioritizing test cases during test execution is essential as it aims
to swiftly identify the hidden faults in the software. In the
literature, several techniques for test case prioritization (TCP)
have been proposed and evaluated. However, existing weightbased TCP techniques often overlook the true diversity coverage
of test cases, resulting in the use of average-based weighting
practices and a lack of systematic calculation for test case
weights. Our research revolves around prioritizing test cases by
considering multiple code coverage criteria. The study presents a
novel diversity technique that calculates a diversity coverage
score for each test case. This score serves as a weight to
effectively rank the test cases. To evaluate the proposed
technique, an experiment was conducted using five open-source
programs and measured its performance in terms of the average
percentage of fault detection (APFD). A comparison was made
against an existing technique. The results revealed that the
proposed technique significantly improved the fault detection
rate compared to the existing approach. It is worth noting that
this study is the first of its kind to incorporate the true diversity
score of test cases into the TCP process. The findings of our
research make valuable contributions to the field of regression
testing by enhancing the effectiveness of the testing process
through the utilization of diversity-based weighting techniques. |
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| spelling | upm-1073772024-10-15T06:40:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107377/ Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate Nuh, Jamal Abdullahi Koh, Tieng Wei Baharom, Salmi Osman, Mohd Hafeez Babangida, Lawal Letchmunan, Sukumar Kew, Si Na Regression testing is an important task in software development, but it is often associated with high costs and increased project expenses. To address this challenge, prioritizing test cases during test execution is essential as it aims to swiftly identify the hidden faults in the software. In the literature, several techniques for test case prioritization (TCP) have been proposed and evaluated. However, existing weightbased TCP techniques often overlook the true diversity coverage of test cases, resulting in the use of average-based weighting practices and a lack of systematic calculation for test case weights. Our research revolves around prioritizing test cases by considering multiple code coverage criteria. The study presents a novel diversity technique that calculates a diversity coverage score for each test case. This score serves as a weight to effectively rank the test cases. To evaluate the proposed technique, an experiment was conducted using five open-source programs and measured its performance in terms of the average percentage of fault detection (APFD). A comparison was made against an existing technique. The results revealed that the proposed technique significantly improved the fault detection rate compared to the existing approach. It is worth noting that this study is the first of its kind to incorporate the true diversity score of test cases into the TCP process. The findings of our research make valuable contributions to the field of regression testing by enhancing the effectiveness of the testing process through the utilization of diversity-based weighting techniques. SAI Organization 2023 Article PeerReviewed Nuh, Jamal Abdullahi and Koh, Tieng Wei and Baharom, Salmi and Osman, Mohd Hafeez and Babangida, Lawal and Letchmunan, Sukumar and Kew, Si Na (2023) Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 14 (6). pp. 927-934. ISSN 2158-107X; ESSN: 2156-5570 https://thesai.org/Publications/ViewPaper?Volume=14&Issue=6&Code=IJACSA&SerialNo=98 |
| spellingShingle | Nuh, Jamal Abdullahi Koh, Tieng Wei Baharom, Salmi Osman, Mohd Hafeez Babangida, Lawal Letchmunan, Sukumar Kew, Si Na Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title | Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title_full | Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title_fullStr | Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title_short | Diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| title_sort | diversity-based test case prioritization technique to improve faults detection rate |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107377/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107377/ |