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  • Empirical studies of the effects of incorporating fault exposure potential estimates into a test data adequacy criterion

    Creator:
    Chen, Wei
    Abstract:
    Researchers have hypothesized that if we could estimate the probability that a fault in a code component will a cause a failure, we could use this estimate to improve the fault-detection effectiveness of code-coverage-based testing. If this hypothesis could be supported, it would motivate further research in this area and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    playing a key role in everyday life, a software failure can cause great damage, or even the loss of

  • An integrated testing and fault localization methodology for spreadsheet languages

    Creator:
    Reichwein, James
    Abstract:
    Spreadsheet languages, which include commercial spreadsheets and various research systems, have proven to be flexible tools in many settings. Research shows, however, that spreadsheets often contain faults. This thesis presents an integrated testing and fault localization methodology for spreadsheets. This methodology allows spreadsheet developers to engage in modeless development, testing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    likelihood that a given cell contains a fault that contributes to an known failure in the spreadsheet. To

  • Empirical study - pairwise prediction of fault based on coverage

    Creator:
    Shamasunder, Shalini
    Abstract:
    Researchers/engineers in the field of software testing have valued coverage as a testing metric for decades now. There have been various empirical results that have shown that as coverage increases the ability of the test program to detect a fault also increases. As a result numerous coverage techniques have been...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the field of software testing have valued coverage as a testing metric for decades now. There have

  • Dynamic, incremental assertion propagation in end-user programming

    Creator:
    Creswick, Eugene Rogan
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    End-user programming is growing at a rapid rate, but there has been little in the way of tools or environments to improve the correctness of programs created by end users. We present an approach to dynamic assertions in one of the most widely used end-user programming paradigms - namely the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Leveraging Generated Tests

    Creator:
    Alipour, Mohammad Amin
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    The main goal of automated test generation is to improve the reliability of a program by exposing faults to developers. To this end, testing should cover the largest possible portion of the program given a test budget (i.e., time and resources) as frequently as possible. Coverage of a program entity...
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    Dissertation
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    solve for large software systems because the test inputs are complex and they often exhibit