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16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'05)
An Initial Study of a Lightweight Process for Change Identification and Regression Test Selection When Source Code Is Not Available
Chicago, Illinois
November 08-November 11
ISBN: 0-7695-2482-6
Jiang Zheng, North Carolina State University
Brian Robinson, ABB Inc.
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
Karen Smiley, ABB Inc.
Various regression test selection techniques have been developed and have shown to improve testing cost effectiveness via improving efficiency. The majority of these test selection techniques rely on access to source code for change identification. However, when new releases of COTS components are made available for integration and testing, source code is often not available to guide in regression test selection. In this paper we describe a lightweight Integrated - Black-box Approach for Component Change Identification (IBACCI) process for selection of regression tests for user/glue code that uses COTS components. I-BACCI is applicable when component licensing agreements do not preclude binary code analysis. A case study of the process was conducted on an ABB product that uses a medium-scale internal ABB software component. Six releases of the component were examined to evaluate the efficacy of the proposed process. The result of the case study indicates that this process can reduce the required regression tests by 40% on average.
Citation:
Jiang Zheng, Brian Robinson, Laurie Williams, Karen Smiley, "An Initial Study of a Lightweight Process for Change Identification and Regression Test Selection When Source Code Is Not Available," issre, pp.225-234, 16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'05), 2005
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