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A regression test case prioritization technique targeting ‘hard to detect’ faults

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  • Sourav Biswas

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

  • Raghav Rathi

    (Delhi Technological University)

  • Arpita Dutta

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

  • Pabitra Mitra

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

  • Rajib Mall

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

Abstract

We propose a novel regression test case prioritization technique targeting to detect ‘hard to detect’ faults. A ‘hard to detect fault’ is a fault that is detected by only one test case. In our technique, we first seed a large number of bugs into a program to create mutants. Each mutant is executed with the test suite and their execution results are recorded in a fault matrix. Using the fault matrix, we first prioritize the test cases based on their ‘hard to detect’ values. Our technique assigns higher priority to those test cases which reveal bugs in a program-component that are hard to expose. Subsequently, the remaining test cases are prioritized based on their fault detection capability. Our experimental results show that on an average our proposed TCP technique performs 43.82% better than existing TCP techniques.

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  • Sourav Biswas & Raghav Rathi & Arpita Dutta & Pabitra Mitra & Rajib Mall, 2022. "A regression test case prioritization technique targeting ‘hard to detect’ faults," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 13(3), pages 1066-1081, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijsaem:v:13:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s13198-021-01385-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s13198-021-01385-4
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    1. Namita Panda & Arup Abhinna Acharya & Durga Prasad Mohapatra, 2019. "Test scenario prioritization for object-oriented systems using UML diagram," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 10(3), pages 316-325, June.
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