A Method for Test Suite Reduction for Regression Testing of Interactions between Software Modules

Abstract

Abstract. In order to reduce the cost of regression testing, researchers have proposed the use of test-suite reduction techniques which aim to reduce the size of a test suite with respect to some criteria. Emerging trends in software development such as complexity of software being developed and increasing use of commercial off-the-shelf components present new challenges for existing test suite reduction techniques. The paper presents results of a new experimental evaluation together with a brief description of our test suite reduction method presented in earlier papers which is not affected by these challenges. The results suggest that the method has a good potential for the use for test suites reduction for software integration testing.