An experimental study of adaptive testing for software reliability assessment

Software execution processes as an evolving complex network☆

“…By statistical repeatability it is meant that the corresponding conclusions are drawn from the experimental results generated from multiple trials and thus can recur if the experiment is re-conducted. The software experimentation paradigm with statistical repeatability was proposed in our previous work [7] and led to convincing conclusions and unexpected findings [9][10][11]. Note that the experiment described in Ref.…”

Modern software cybernetics: New trends

“…It means that a software testing strategy should be adjusted on-line by using the testing data collected during software testing Cai et al, 2008;Ye et al, 2009 proposed a new strategy of adaptive software testing to employ fixed-memory feedback for on-line parameter estimations. An experimental study of adaptive testing for software reliability assessment, where the adaptive testing strategy, the random testing strategy and the operational profile based testing strategy, were applied to the Space program in four experiments .…”

“…The framework allowed different test cases to be selected based on the recent test results. Cai et al (2008) examined the dynamic behaviour of software testing. A set of simplifying assumptions was adopted to formulate and quantify the software testing processes.…”

Adaptive Software Testing in the Context of an Improved Controlled Markov Chain Model

“…Hu extended the adaptive testing approach to testing for software components in [6]. Other studies include how to apply adaptive testing for reliability assessment [2], or how to improve the parameter estimation process. However the above works all based on the simplified controlled Markov chain model of software testing which requires several undesirable assumptions.…”

“…., C m , which may or may not be disjoint. (2) The software under test contains N defects at the beginning of the testing process, in which each of the defects is not equally detectable.…”