G-Rank Test: Regression Testing of Controller Applications

L. Mariani; O. Riganelli; M. Santoro; Ali Muhammad

doi:10.1109/IWAST.2012.6228981

G-Rank Test: Regression Testing of Controller Applications

L. Mariani, O. Riganelli, M. Santoro, Ali Muhammad

University of Milano-Bicocca

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Since controller applications must typically satisfy real-time constraints while manipulating real-world variables, their implementation often results in programs that run extremely fast and manipulate numerical inputs and outputs. These characteristics make them particularly suitable for test case generation. In fact a number of test cases can be easily created, due to the simplicity of numerical inputs, and executed, due to the speed of computations. In this paper we present G-RankTest, a technique for test case generation and prioritization. The key idea is that test case generation can run for long sessions (e.g., days) to accurately sample the behavior of a controller application and then the generated test cases can be prioritized according to different strategies, and used for regression testing every time the application is modified. In this work we investigate the feasibility of using the gradient of the output as a criterion for selecting the test cases that activate the most tricky behaviors, which we expect easier to break when a change occurs, and thus deserve priority in regression testing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the AST 2012
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	131-137
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-1822-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-1821-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAST.2012.6228981
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test - Zürich, Switzerland Duration: 2 Jun 2012 → 3 Jun 2012 Conference number: 7

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Conference	7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zürich
Period	2/06/12 → 3/06/12

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Mariani, L, Riganelli, O, Santoro, M & Muhammad, A 2012, G-Rank Test: Regression Testing of Controller Applications. in Proceedings of the AST 2012: 7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test . IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 131-137, 7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test, Zürich, Switzerland, 2/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAST.2012.6228981

G-Rank Test : Regression Testing of Controller Applications. / Mariani, L.; Riganelli, O.; Santoro, M. et al.

Proceedings of the AST 2012: 7th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test . IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2012. p. 131-137.

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