Method for automated generation of tests for software

Details Method for automated generation of tests for software Method for automated generation of tests for software

1997-06-30

1999-06-15

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

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371 211, 371 221, G06F 1125

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059130237

ABSTRACT:
A method for automated generation of tests for software comprises the steps of establishing a set of formal generative requirements; establishing a set of formal constraining requirements; developing information from a test case structure and encoding the structure as a context free grammar; and applying the generative requirements and the constraining requirements to indicate tests to be included in a test suite.

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