Firefly combinatorial testing strategy

Firefly Algorithm (FA) had been applied to solve many of optimization problems. One of the optimization problems is combinatorial optimization. This paper propose FA to be applied in solving combinatorial testing problem by implementing a Firefly Algorithm based Test Suite Generator (FATG). Combinat...

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Main Authors: Alsewari, Abdulrahman A., Kamal Z., Zamli, Lin, Mee Xuan
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Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2019
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spelling ump-179712020-03-02T08:01:17Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17971/ Firefly combinatorial testing strategy Alsewari, Abdulrahman A. Kamal Z., Zamli Lin, Mee Xuan QA76 Computer software Firefly Algorithm (FA) had been applied to solve many of optimization problems. One of the optimization problems is combinatorial optimization. This paper propose FA to be applied in solving combinatorial testing problem by implementing a Firefly Algorithm based Test Suite Generator (FATG). Combinatorial testing is an effective method to generate a test list to detect the defects may introduce due the interaction between the systems interfaces. However, the interactions between the system interfaces is very complex and very huge. Therefore, it is impractical to test all the interfaces interactions due to the time constraints. Based on that, there is a need to produce an efficient test list with minimum test cases address the required degree of the combination. By doing so, it can help to save a time in test execution to detect the defects. This proposed strategy is evaluated by comparative evaluation with existing combinatorial testing strategies. Through the experiments, this research shows that FATG able to work effectively by generating a nearly optimum result using shortest time compared to other strategies. Springer Verlag 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17971/2/42.1%20Firefly%20Combinatorial%20Testing%20Strateg1.pdf Alsewari, Abdulrahman A. and Kamal Z., Zamli and Lin, Mee Xuan (2019) Firefly combinatorial testing strategy. In: Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of the 2018 Computing Conference, Volume 1, 10-12 July 2018 , London, United Kingdom. pp. 936-944., 858. ISBN 978-3-030-01173-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01174-1
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Alsewari, Abdulrahman A.
Kamal Z., Zamli
Lin, Mee Xuan
Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
description Firefly Algorithm (FA) had been applied to solve many of optimization problems. One of the optimization problems is combinatorial optimization. This paper propose FA to be applied in solving combinatorial testing problem by implementing a Firefly Algorithm based Test Suite Generator (FATG). Combinatorial testing is an effective method to generate a test list to detect the defects may introduce due the interaction between the systems interfaces. However, the interactions between the system interfaces is very complex and very huge. Therefore, it is impractical to test all the interfaces interactions due to the time constraints. Based on that, there is a need to produce an efficient test list with minimum test cases address the required degree of the combination. By doing so, it can help to save a time in test execution to detect the defects. This proposed strategy is evaluated by comparative evaluation with existing combinatorial testing strategies. Through the experiments, this research shows that FATG able to work effectively by generating a nearly optimum result using shortest time compared to other strategies.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Alsewari, Abdulrahman A.
Kamal Z., Zamli
Lin, Mee Xuan
author_facet Alsewari, Abdulrahman A.
Kamal Z., Zamli
Lin, Mee Xuan
author_sort Alsewari, Abdulrahman A.
title Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
title_short Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
title_full Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
title_fullStr Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
title_full_unstemmed Firefly combinatorial testing strategy
title_sort firefly combinatorial testing strategy
publisher Springer Verlag
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17971/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17971/2/42.1%20Firefly%20Combinatorial%20Testing%20Strateg1.pdf
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