• DocumentCode
    3014607
  • Title

    Partition testing does not inspire confidence

  • Author

    Hamlet, Dick ; Taylor, Ross

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    19-21 Jul 1988
  • Firstpage
    206
  • Lastpage
    215
  • Abstract
    The authors improve the negative results published about partition testing and try to reconcile them with its intuitively perceived value. Partition testing is shown to be more valuable than random testing only when the partitions are narrowly based on expected faults and there is a good chance of failure. For gaining confidence for successful tests, partition testing as usually practiced has little value
  • Keywords
    program testing; confidence; partition testing; random testing; successful tests; Computer bugs; Computer science; Data structures; Drives; Genetic mutations; Programming profession; Sampling methods; Software testing; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Testing, Verification, and Analysis, 1988., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Banff, Alta.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-0868-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WST.1988.5376
  • Filename
    5376
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3014607