Searching for the best test

Tanja Vos; Pekka Aho

doi:10.1109/SBST.2017.11

Searching for the best test

Tanja Vos
, Pekka Aho

Open University of the Netherlands

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Abstract

Random testing has been controversial throughout the history. In the early 70s opinions about random testing were divided: Girard and Rault (1973) call it a valuable test case generation scheme [11]. This is confirmed by Thayer, Lipow and Nelson (1978) in their book on software reliability [21] they say it is the necessary final step in the testing activities. However, Glenford Myers (1979) in his seminal work on the art of Software Testing [18] denominates random testing as probably the poorest testing method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2017 IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, SBST 2017
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	3-4
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-2789-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-2790-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SBST.2017.11
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, SBST 2017 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Duration: 22 May 2017 → 23 May 2017

Conference

Conference	IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, SBST 2017
Abbreviated title	SBST 2017
Country/Territory	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Period	22/05/17 → 23/05/17

Keywords

graphical user interface testing
machine learning
random testing
search-based testing
software test automation

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Vos, T & Aho, P 2017, Searching for the best test. in Proceedings - 2017 IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, SBST 2017., 7967912, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 3-4, IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, SBST 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/SBST.2017.11

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