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State Traversal: Listen to Transitions for Coverage Analysis of Test Cases to Drive the Test

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Optimization of Automated Software Testing Using Meta-Heuristic Techniques

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The testing exercises comprise designing test cases that are sequences of inputs, executing the program with test cases, and examining the outcomes created by this execution. Model-based testing (MBT) has better approach than code-based testing as test case generation from source code proves to be inadequate to detect state-based faults. This chapter presents our work concerning MBT, state-based test case generation using state chart diagram. In this chapter, we first review the main concepts and techniques in MBT. Then in the next step, we review the most common modeling formalisms for state chart diagram, focusing on various state-based coverage criteria. We address two case studies to implement the models. Subsequently, we propose methods for synchronous state-based testing approach to generate test cases.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, C. V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Sonali Pradhan & Sukant Bisoyi

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, S’O’A, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Mitrabinda Ray

  3. Department of MCA, GITA Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, India

    Deepti Bala Mishra

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  2. Department of MCA, GITA Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, India

    Deepti Bala Mishra

  3. Department of Computer Engineering-AI, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

    Biswaranjan Acharya

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Pradhan, S., Ray, M., Bisoyi, S., Mishra, D.B. (2022). State Traversal: Listen to Transitions for Coverage Analysis of Test Cases to Drive the Test. In: Khari, M., Mishra, D.B., Acharya, B., Gonzalez Crespo, R. (eds) Optimization of Automated Software Testing Using Meta-Heuristic Techniques. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07297-0_3

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