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Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC'06)
AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets
Brighton, United Kingdom
September 04-September 08
ISBN: 0-7695-2586-5
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| Robin Abraham, Martin Erwig, "AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets," Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on, pp. 43-50, Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC'06), 2006. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/VLHCC.2006.11, author = {Robin Abraham and Martin Erwig}, title = {AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets}, journal ={Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on}, volume = {0}, year = {2006}, isbn = {0-7695-2586-5}, pages = {43-50}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2006.11}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - CONF JO - Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on TI - AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets SN - 0-7695-2586-5 SP43 EP50 A1 - Robin Abraham, A1 - Martin Erwig, PY - 2006 KW - null VL - 0 JA - Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, IEEE Symposium on ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2006.11
In this paper we present a system that helps users test their spreadsheets using automatically generated test cases. The system generates the test cases by backward propagation and solution of constraints on cell values. These constraints are obtained from the formula of the cell that is being tested when we try to execute all feasible DU associations within the formula. AutoTest generates test cases that execute all feasible DU pairs. If infeasible DU associations are present in the spreadsheet, the system is capable of detecting and reporting all of these to the user. We also present a comparative evaluation of our approach against the "Help Me Test" mechanism in Forms/3 and show that our approach is faster and produces test suites that give better DU coverage.
Citation:
Robin Abraham, Martin Erwig, "AutoTest: A Tool for Automatic Test Case Generation in Spreadsheets," vlhcc, pp.43-50, Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC'06), 2006
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