Test Case Prioritization Based on Method Call Sequences

Chi, Jianlei; Qu, Yu; Zheng, Qinghua; Yang, Zijiang; Jin, Wuxia; Cui, Di; Liu, Ting

doi:10.1109/compsac.2018.00039

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“…Fang et al [73] use logic coverage for TCP, where high coverage of logic expressions implies a high probability of detecting faults. Recently, Chi et al [19] demonstrate that basic structural coverage may not be enough to predict fault detection capability and propose a dynamic relation-based coverage based on method call sequences. Wang et al [28] detect fault-prone source code by existing code inspection techniques and then propose a quality-aware TCP technique (i.e., QTEP) by considering the weighted source code in terms of fault-proneness.…”

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“…Given a coverage criterion (e.g., statement or method coverage), the total-greedy strategy selects the next test case yielding the highest coverage, whereas the additional-greedy strategy selects the next test case covering the maximum code units not covered in previous iterations. The recent empirical results show that although conceptually simple, the additional-greedy technique has been widely recognized as one of the most effective TCP techniques on average in terms of fault detection rate [16,17,18,19,20,21].…”

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Test Case Prioritization Using Partial Attention

Zhang

Fang²,

Sun³

et al. 2022

SSRN Journal

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Section: Coverage Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Test Case Prioritization Using Partial Attention

Zhang

Fang²,

Sun³

et al. 2022

SSRN Journal

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“…In addition to statement [1], branch [3], method [10,11], block [2] and modified condition/decision coverage [57], Elbaum et al [30] proposed a fault-exposing-potential (FEP) criterion based on the probability of the test case detecting a fault. Recently, Chi et al [58] used function call sequences, arguing that basic structural coverage may not be optimal for dynamic prioritization.…”

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Regression test case prioritization by code combinations coverage

Huang

Zhang

Towey

et al. 2020

Journal of Systems and Software

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Regression test case prioritization (RTCP) aims to improve the rate of fault detection by executing more important test cases as early as possible. Various RTCP techniques have been proposed based on different coverage criteria. Among them, a majority of techniques leverage code coverage information to guide the prioritization process, with code units being considered individually, and in isolation. In this paper, we propose a new coverage criterion, code combinations coverage, that combines the concepts of code coverage and combination coverage. We apply this coverage criterion to RTCP, as a new prioritization technique, code combinations coverage based prioritization (CCCP). We report on empirical studies conducted to compare the testing effectiveness and efficiency of CCCP with four popular RTCP techniques: total, additional, adaptive random, and search-based test prioritization. The experimental results show that even when the lowest combination strength is assigned, overall, the CCCP fault detection rates are greater than those of the other four prioritization techniques. The CCCP prioritization costs are also found to be comparable to the additional test prioritization technique. Moreover, our results also show that when the combination strength is increased, CCCP provides higher fault detection rates than the state-of-the-art, regardless of the levels of code coverage.

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