19th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society
Proteum/FSM: A Tool to Support Finite State Machine Validation Based on Mutation Testing
Talca, Chile
November 11-November 13
ISBN: 0-7695-0296-2
The quality of the VV&T - Verification, Validation and Testing - activity is extremely relevant to the software development process. Testing techniques and criteria have been investigated in the context of VV&T of Reactive Systems specifications, providing mechanisms to the VV&T activity quality assessment. The establishment of a low-cost, effective testing and validation strategy and the development of supporting tools have been pursued by many researchers for coding and specification as well. This paper discusses the main architectural and operational aspects of a tool, named Proteum/FSM, that supports the application of Mutation Testing for validating Reactive Systems specifications based on Finite State Machines (FSM). Further improvements and research issues are briefly discussed.
Index Terms:
Finite State Machines, Mutation Testing, Reactive Systems, Software Testing. Tools
Citation:
Sandra C.P.F. Fabbri, José Carlos Maldonado, Paulo Cesar Masiero, Marcio Eduardo Delamaro, "Proteum/FSM: A Tool to Support Finite State Machine Validation Based on Mutation Testing," sccc, pp.96, 19th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, 1999