Title :
Testing: an abstract approach
Author :
Cherniavsky, John C. ; Statman, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The authors continue their studies of testing fundamentals. They deemphasize the connection between their testing theory and inductive interference (though they still exist), constructing a set-based theory without reference to inductive inference. They introduce some complexity results for testing simple classes of programs by developing a game-theoretic approach to testing. From this the authors obtain feasibility and infeasibility results. Finally, they develop a theory of testing in the limit analogous to similar concept in inductive inference and learnability theory
Keywords :
program testing; programming theory; set theory; complexity; game-theoretic approach; inductive interference; learnability theory; set-based theory; testing theory; Computer languages; Computer science; Game theory; Mathematics; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Testing, Verification, and Analysis, 1988., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0868-4
DOI :
10.1109/WST.1988.5352