13th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2007) Neural-Network Based Test Cases Generation Using Genetic Algorithm Melbourne, Victoria, Australia December 17-December 19 ISBN: 0-7695-3054-0
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/PRDC.2007.63
A key issue in black-box testing is how to select adequate test cases from input domain on the basis of specification. However, for some kinds of software, developing test cases from output domain is more suitable than from input domain. In this paper, we present a novel approach to automatically generate test cases from output domain. A model is created via neural network to take as a function substitute for the software under test, and then on the basis of the created function model, for given outputs we employ an improved genetic algorithm to find the corresponding inputs, so that the automation of test cases generation from output domain is completed. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the approach, a number of experiments have been conducted on two different software programs under test. Experimental results show that this approach is promising and effective. Keywords: Neural networks, Function model, Test cases generation, Output domain, Genetic algorithm.
Citation:
Ruilian Zhao, Shanshan Lv, "Neural-Network Based Test Cases Generation Using Genetic Algorithm," prdc, pp.97-100, 13th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2007), 2007 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||