An EFSM-Based Test Data Generation Approach in Model-Based Testing  

作　　者：Muhammad Luqman Mohd-Shafie Wan Mohd Nasir Wan Kadir Muhammad Khatibsyarbini Mohd Adham Isa Israr Ghani Husni Ruslai 

机构地区：[1]Department of Software Engineering,School of Computing,Faculty of Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,81310,Johor Bahru,Johor,Malaysia [2]GATES IT Solution Sdn Bhd,WISMA GATES,Jalan Perdana 4,Taman Sri Pulai Perdana 2,81300,Skudai,Johor,Malaysia

出　　处：《Computers, Materials & Continua》2022年第6期4337-4354,共18页计算机、材料和连续体（英文）

基　　金：The research was funded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM)and the MalaysianMinistry of Higher Education(MOHE)under the Industry-International Incentive Grant Scheme(IIIGS)(Vote Number:Q.J130000.3651.02M67 and Q.J130000.3051.01M86);the Aca-demic Fellowship Scheme(SLAM).

摘　　要：Testing is an integral part of software development.Current fastpaced system developments have rendered traditional testing techniques obsolete.Therefore,automated testing techniques are needed to adapt to such system developments speed.Model-based testing(MBT)is a technique that uses system models to generate and execute test cases automatically.It was identified that the test data generation(TDG)in many existing model-based test case generation(MB-TCG)approaches were still manual.An automatic and effective TDG can further reduce testing cost while detecting more faults.This study proposes an automated TDG approach in MB-TCG using the extended finite state machine model(EFSM).The proposed approach integrates MBT with combinatorial testing.The information available in an EFSM model and the boundary value analysis strategy are used to automate the domain input classifications which were done manually by the existing approach.The results showed that the proposed approach was able to detect 6.62 percent more faults than the conventionalMB-TCG but at the same time generated 43 more tests.The proposed approach effectively detects faults,but a further treatment to the generated tests such as test case prioritization should be done to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing.

关 键 词：Model-based testing test case generation test data generation combinatorial testing extended finite state machine 

分 类 号：TP311.52[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论]