Context As a result of automated software testing, large amounts of software test code
(script) are usually developed by software teams. Automated test scripts provide many …

In unit testing, a program is decomposed into units which are collections of functions. A part
of unit can be tested by generating inputs for a single entry function. The entry function may …

We present a technique that improves random test generation by incorporating feedback
obtained from executing test inputs as they are created. Our technique builds inputs …

Research on software testing produces many innovative automated techniques, but
because software testing is by necessity incomplete and approximate, any new technique …

We present hybrid concolic testing, an algorithm that interleaves random testing with
concolic execution to obtain both a deep and a wide exploration of program state space. Our …

As a type of anti-pattern, test smells are defined as poorly designed tests and their presence
may negatively affect the quality of test suites and production code. Test smells are the …

In Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) the behaviour of a software system is specified as
a set of example interactions with the system using a" Given-When-Then" structure. These …

This paper describes a technique that selects, from a large set of test inputs, a small subset
likely to reveal faults in the software under test. The technique takes a program or software …

Object-oriented unit tests consist of sequences of method invocations. Behavior of an
invocation depends on the method's arguments and the state of the receiver at the …

Several promising techniques have been proposed to automate different tasks in software
testing, such as test data generation for object-oriented software. However, reported studies …