Advances and Applications in Statistics
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 399 - 409
(December 2006)
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TOOL SUPPORT FOR SYSTEMATIC TEST DATA GENERATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
D. K. Shangodoyin (South Africa), O. O. Obe (Nigeria), R. Arnab (Botswana) and S. S. Dlamini (Swaziland)
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Abstract: In this paper, we focus on a heuristic combinatorial optimization technique known as Genetic Algorithm. This technique is used to solve difficult problems involving simultaneous satisfaction of multiple test constraints. We implement a test data generation method using the technique in a tool called AutoGen. A Random test data generator is also designed and implemented. Experimentation with both tools indicates better results from AutoGen. |
Keywords and phrases: software testing, test data generation, genetic algorithm. |
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