Hypothesis testing for module test in software development

Tsuneo Yamaura, Akira K. Onoma, Wei Tek Tsai

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Abstract

One of the most important issues in the software development is how to guarantee that the software satisfies the quality defined in the requirement specification. This paper proposes that the issue can be solved, first the number of test cases is statistically calculated from the failure density defined in the requirement specification, then the selected test cases are executed basing on the hypothesis testing. This paper also present how our method can be used for debugging. When the number of the test cases is calculated, we applied the statistical behavior of the software quality to the integration testing. We, however, did not consider the ripple effect since it is unable to measure. In order to guarantee the quality of Aσ and 5σ, we found that many more test cases are needed than is previously believed enough.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Pages829-834
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 16 2002
Event26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - Oxford, United Kingdom
Duration: Aug 26 2002Aug 29 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference
ISSN (Print)0730-3157

Other

Other26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityOxford
Period8/26/028/29/02

Keywords

  • Hypothesis testing
  • Number of test cases
  • Path expression
  • Quality model
  • Regression testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Science Applications

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