Regression Test Suite Reduction for Large Projects Using Set Theory
Keywords:
Regression Testing, Test Case Selection, Set TheoryAbstract
Regression testing is a software maintenance activity. Regression testing is the process of testing changes to computer programs to make sure that the older programming still works with the new changes. Test suites tend to grow in size as software evolve, often making it too costly to execute entire test suites in the given time and constraints. Hence it becomes an essential to minimize the test suite and choose a subset of test cases from test suite which will be executed in least time and has the capability to cover all the faults, Thus it is advisable to choose certain test cases and prioritized them with the objective to undersize the whole test suite dimension. A number of different approaches have been studied to maximize the value of the accrued test suite: minimization, selection and prioritization. Test suite minimization seeks to eliminate redundant test cases in order to reduce the number of tests to run. Test case selection seeks to identify the test cases that are relevant to some set of recent changes. Test case prioritization seeks to order test cases in such a way that early fault detection is maximized.
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