A Method of Minimum Reusability Estimation for Automated Software Testing  

作　　者：KAN Hong-xing WANG Guo-qiang WANG Zong-dian DING Shuai 

机构地区：[1]School of Medical Information Technology, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, China [2]School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

出　　处：《Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong university(Science)》2013年第3期360-365,共6页上海交通大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Foundation item： the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 90718037）

摘　　要：Through reusing software test components, automated software testing generally costs less than manual software testing. There has been much research on how to develop the reusable test components, but few fall on how to estimate the reusability of test conlponents for automated testing. The purpose of this paper is to present a method of minimum reusability estimation for automated testing based on the return on investment （ROI） model. Minimum reusability is a benchmark for the whole automated testing process. If the reusability in one test execution is less than the minimum reusability, some new strategies must be adopted ill the next test execution to increase the reusability. Only by this way, we can reduce unnecessary costs and finally get a return on the investment of automated testing.Through reusing software test components, automated software testing generally costs less than manual software testing. There has been much research on how to develop the reusable test components, but few fall on how to estimate the reusability of test components for automated testing. The purpose of this paper is to present a method of minimum reusability estimation for automated testing based on the return on investment (ROI) model. Minimum reusability is a benchmark for the whole automated testing process. If the reusability in one test execution is less than the minimum reusability, some new strategies must be adopted in the next test execution to increase the reusability. Only by this way, we can reduce unnecessary costs and finally get a return on the investment of automated testing.

关 键 词：automated software testing manual software testing mean maintenance costs multiplier reusable software test components THRESHOLD minimum reusability estimation 

分 类 号：TP311.5[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论]