Optimal software testing

Moustafa Elshafei; Mehmood Khan; Mohamed Boraie

Optimal software testing

Moustafa Elshafei^*
, Mehmood Khan
, Mohamed Boraie

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we formulate an optimal testing procedure for software. The objective function is taken to be the expected value of the cost associated with accepting faulty software plus the expected value of the accumulated cost of testing. The model can be used to design optimal testing plans for unit testing as well as for complete programs. The model assigns different costs for normal bugs and major bugs, and considers the costs of various types of misclassification as well. The model is demonstrated by an example, and the cost function is plotted for a range of test cycles to illustrate the minimum cost solution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, SERP'04
Editors	H.R. Arabnia, H. Reza
Pages	615-620
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2004

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, SERP'04
Volume	2

Keywords

Software testing
Unit testing
Validation
Verification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, SERP'04. ed. / H.R. Arabnia; H. Reza. 2004. p. 615-620 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, SERP'04; Vol. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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