USING T-WAY INTERACTION TECHNIQUES FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF TEST CASES
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2017
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Department of Computer Science, University of Ilorin.
Abstract
A test case is a set of input data designed to discover a particular type of error or defect
in the software system. In order to develop software that perform as expected, extensive
testing should be carried out to ensure reliability. Ideally, software testers would want to
test every possible permutation of the software, but in practice, due to the complexity of
the software, exhaustive testing is usually not feasible. This paper presents the use of tway
interaction techniques with a view to reducing the number of test cases in the
process of software testing. The software on which the approach is implemented consists
of parameters that have the same number of values and their interaction is based on
pairwise combination. The technique minimizes the number of test cases as it tests all
pairs of variables. The resulting outputs show a significant reduction in the number of
test cases from 8 to 6; this is a 25 % reduction. Thus, the overall time required to test the
software is optimized. Also, the final reduced test cases are found to be free of
redundancy and the technique used shows a high degree of parameter interaction.
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Test cases, Test plan, Test suite, Software testing, T-way pairwise interaction.
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ILORIN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY