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  • Feedback-Based Random Test Generator for TSTL

    Creator:
    Kaneoka, Kazuki
    Abstract:
    Software testing is the process of evaluating the accuracy and performance of software, and automated software testing allows programmers to develop software more efficiently by decreasing testing costs. We compared two advanced random test generators, a Feedback-Directed Random Test Generator (FDR) and a Feedback-Controlled Random Test Generator (FCR), for an...
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    Capstone Project
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    : ______________________________________________________ Alex Groce Software testing is the process of evaluating the accuracy and performance of

  • Test Case Reduction, Prioritization, and Selection for Symbolic Execution

    Creator:
    Zhang, Chaoqiang
    Abstract:
    Software testing is of critical importance for the success of software projects. Current inefficient testing methods often still take up half or more of a software project's budget. Automatic test data generation is the most promising way to lower the software testing cost. Manually creating testing data is expensive and...
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    Dissertation
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    Selection for Symbolic Execution Abstract approved: Alex David Groce Software testing is of critical

  • Enhancing Search-Based Techniques with Information Control Dependencies

    Creator:
    Aburas, Ali
    Abstract:
    Software testing is a very important task during software development and it can be used to improve the quality and reliability of the software system. One potential way to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of software testing is to generate test data automatically. Search-based approaches successfully generate unit...
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    Dissertation
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    -Based Techniques with Information Control Dependencies Abstract approved: Alex D. Groce Software

  • 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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    Generated Tests Abstract approved: Alex David Groce The main goal of automated test generation is 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    - Pairwise Prediction of Fault Based on Coverage Abstract approved: Alex Groce Researchers/engineers in

  • Building Self Adaptive Software Systems via Test-based Modifications

    Creator:
    Christi, Arpit M.
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    Building software systems that adapt to the changing environment is challenging. Developers cannot anticipate all the changes in advance, and even if they could, the effort required to handle such situations is too onerous for practical purposes. Self Adaptive Software (SAS) adapts itself as per changing environment. The area of...
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    Dissertation
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    : Building Self Adaptive Software Systems via Test-based Modifications Abstract approved: Alex Groce

  • On the limits of mutation analysis

    Creator:
    Gopinath, Rahul
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    Mutation analysis is the gold standard for evaluating test-suite adequacy. It involves exhaustive seeding of all small faults in a program and evaluating the effectiveness of test suites in detecting these faults. Mutation analysis subsumes numerous structural coverage criteria, approximates fault detection capability of test suites, and the faults produced...
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    Dissertation
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    Ph.D. without your help. I would also like to thank my co-advisor Dr. Alex Groce for always being

  • muupi: An Abstract Syntax Tree based Mutation Testing Tool for Python 2.x Programs

    Creator:
    Liu, Xin
    Abstract:
    Mutation testing is one of the effective approaches measuring test adequacy of test suites. It is widely used in both academia and industry. Unfortunately, the adoption and practical use of mutation testing for Python 2.x programs face three obstacles. First, limited useful mutation operators. Existing mutation testing tools support very...
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    Capstone Project
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    Testing Tool for Python 2.x Programs Author: Xin Liu Supervisor: Dr. Alex Groce A masters project

  • An Investigation of the Effects of Merge Conflicts on Collaborative Software Development

    Creator:
    Brindescu, Caius
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    Merge conflicts have long plagued software development. With larger and more dispersed teams comes greater risk of developers working on the same code at the same time. While merge conflicts are known to be painful, their exact impact on software is still largely unknown. Are merge conflicts an isolated problem,...
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    Dissertation
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    thank the faculty at Oregon State University, Dr. Alex Groce, Dr. Margaret Burnett, and Dr. Danny Dig

  • #ifdef Confirmed Harmful - Promoting Understandable Software Variation

    Creator:
    Le, Duc
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    Maintaining variation in software is a difficult problem that poses serious challenges for the understanding and editing of software artifacts. Although the C preprocessor (CPP) is often the default tool used to introduce variability to software, because of its simplicity and flexibility, it is infamous for its obtrusive syntax and...
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    Capstone Project
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    - sor Chris Scaffidi for his feedback during VL/HCC 2011’s graduate consortium and Professor Alex Groce