Test Case Prioritization using Cuckoo Search

Abstract

Test Case prioritization consists of proper organization and scheduling of the test cases in a specific sequence. Regression testing is an important issue and concept during software maintenance process, but due to scarcity of resources re-execution of all test cases, is not possible during regression testing. Hence in version or revision specific regression testing, it is more important to execute those test cases that are beneficial. In this chapter, a new prioritization technique is proposed for version specific regression testing using Cuckoo Search Algorithm. This technique prioritizes the test cases based on lines of code where the code is modified.

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Model-based test case prioritization using cluster analysis: a soft-computing approach

“…Later on, many researchers attacked the TCPP. Srivastava proposed a technique that prioritizes test cases based on the fault detection rate calculated from average fault found per minute [29]. Kim and Porter proposed a test prioritization technique based on historical execution data [30].…”

“…It is therefore important to decide which part of the software should be tested first. For this purpose, test case selection, test suite reduction, and test case prioritization methods are suggested in the literature [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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