Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS '01) Coverage Based Test-Case Generation Using Model Checkers Washington DC April 17-April 20 ISBN: 0-7695-1086-8
Abstract: This paper presents a method for automatically generating test cases to structural coverage criteria. We show how a model checker can be used to automatically generate complete test sequences that will provide a predefined coverage of any software development artifact that can be represented as a finite state model. Our goal is to help reduce the high cost of developing test cases for safety-critical software applications that require a certain level of coverage for certification, for example, safety-critical avionics systems that need to demonstrate MC/DC (modified condition and decision) coverage of the code. We define a formal framework suitable for modeling software artifacts, like, requirements models, software specifications, or implementations. We then show how various structural coverage criteria can be formalized and used to make a model checker provide test sequences to achieve this coverage. To illustrate our approach, we demonstrate, for the first time, how a model checker can be used to generate test sequences for MC/DC coverage of a small case example.
Citation:
Sanjai Rayadurgam, Mats P. E. Heimdahl, "Coverage Based Test-Case Generation Using Model Checkers," ecbs, pp.0083, Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS '01), 2001 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||