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A Measure for Component Interaction Test Coverage

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Alan W. Williams,

Robert L. ProbertAuthors Info & Claims

AICCSA '01: Proceedings of the ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications

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Published: 25 June 2001 Publication History

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Abstract: A trend in software development is to assemble a system from a number of components. These may be either available commercially off-the-shelf, or by the use of network-based resources. In many cases, the system is expected to function for multiple configurations of interchangeable components. The trade off that a system tester faces is the thoroughness of test component configuration coverage, versus limited resources of time and expense. This paper presents a metric that can be used to measure component interaction coverage of a set of system test configurations. We also provide a formal definition of the system test interaction problem.

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AICCSA '01: Proceedings of the ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications

June 2001

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