AGENT: An advanced test-case generation system for functional testing
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چکیده
This paper presents the AGENT method, a systematic test-case generation method for functional testing. AGENT consists of two steps. In the first step, a functional specification of a program is described with a formalized notation called a function diagram (FD). An FO consists of two components, a state transition which is described with a state transition diagram, and a set of boolean functions which are described with a cause-effect graph or a decision table. In the second step, test cases are mechanically generated from the FO. Test cases generated by this method satisfy the following conditions: (1) They validate input conditions and output conditions in all states, and (2) They pass all transitions at least once and include a case of bypassing and getting through each loop in a structured state transition.
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