On the danger of coverage directed test case generation

M Staats, G Gay, M Whalen, M Heimdahl - … , FASE 2012, Held as Part of the …, 2012 - Springer
In the avionics domain, the use of structural coverage criteria is legally required in
determining test suite adequacy. With the success of automated test generation tools, it is …

The risks of coverage-directed test case generation

G Gay, M Staats, M Whalen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A number of structural coverage criteria have been proposed to measure the adequacy of
testing efforts. In the avionics and other critical systems domains, test suites satisfying …

On the effectiveness of whole test suite generation

A Arcuri, G Fraser - Search-Based Software Engineering: 6th International …, 2014 - Springer
A common application of search-based software testing is to generate test cases for all goals
defined by a coverage criterion (eg, statements, branches, mutants). Rather than generating …

Directed test suite augmentation: techniques and tradeoffs

Z Xu, Y Kim, M Kim, G Rothermel… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Test suite augmentation techniques are used in regression testing to identify code elements
affected by changes and to generate test cases to cover those elements. Our preliminary …

Whole test suite generation

G Fraser, A Arcuri - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Not all bugs lead to program crashes, and not always is there a formal specification to check
the correctness of a software test's outcome. A common scenario in software testing is …

Directed test suite augmentation: an empirical investigation

Z Xu, Y Kim, M Kim, MB Cohen… - Software Testing …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Test suite augmentation techniques are used in regression testing to identify code elements
in a modified program that are not adequately tested and to generate test cases to cover …

Comparing non-adequate test suites using coverage criteria

M Gligoric, A Groce, C Zhang, R Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
A fundamental question in software testing research is how to compare test suites, often as a
means for comparing test-generation techniques. Researchers frequently compare test …

Generating effective test suites by combining coverage criteria

G Gay - Search Based Software Engineering: 9th International …, 2017 - Springer
A number of criteria have been proposed to judge test suite adequacy. While search-based
test generation has improved greatly at criteria coverage, the produced suites are still often …

Guidelines for coverage-based comparisons of non-adequate test suites

M Gligoric, A Groce, C Zhang, R Sharma… - ACM Transactions on …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
A fundamental question in software testing research is how to compare test suites, often as a
means for comparing test-generation techniques that produce those test suites. Researchers …

Testing with fewer resources: An adaptive approach to performance-aware test case generation

G Grano, C Laaber, A Panichella… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated test case generation is an effective technique to yield high-coverage test suites.
While the majority of research effort has been devoted to satisfying coverage criteria, a …