Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review
Software testing is an important and cost intensive activity in software development. The major contribution in cost is due to test case generations. Requirement-based testing is an approach in which test cases are derivative from requirements without considering the implementation s internal struct...
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| author | Mustafa, A. Wan Kadir, W. M. N. Ibrahim, N. Shah, M. A. Younas, M. Khan, A. Zareei, M. Alanazi, F. |
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| description | Software testing is an important and cost intensive activity in software development. The major contribution in cost is due to test case generations. Requirement-based testing is an approach in which test cases are derivative from requirements without considering the implementation s internal structure. Requirement-based testing includes functional and nonfunctional requirements. The objective of this study is to explore the approaches that generate test cases from requirements.Asystematic literature reviewbased on two research questions and extensive quality assessment criteria includes studies. The study identifies 30 primary studies from 410 studies spanned from 2000 to 2018. The review s finding shows that 53% of journal papers, 42% of conference papers, and 5% of book chapters address requirementsbased testing. Most of the studies use UML, activity, and use case diagrams for test case generation from requirements. One of the significant lessons learned is that most software testing errors are traced back to errors in natural language requirements. A substantial amount of work focuses on UML diagrams for test case generations, which cannot capture all the system s developed attributes. Furthermore, there is a lack of UML-based models that can generate test cases from natural language requirements by refining them in context. Coverage criteria indicate how efficiently the testing has been performed 12.37% of studies use requirements coverage, 20% of studies cover path coverage, and 17% study basic coverage. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-952342022-04-29T22:02:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/95234/ Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review Mustafa, A. Wan Kadir, W. M. N. Ibrahim, N. Shah, M. A. Younas, M. Khan, A. Zareei, M. Alanazi, F. QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Software testing is an important and cost intensive activity in software development. The major contribution in cost is due to test case generations. Requirement-based testing is an approach in which test cases are derivative from requirements without considering the implementation s internal structure. Requirement-based testing includes functional and nonfunctional requirements. The objective of this study is to explore the approaches that generate test cases from requirements.Asystematic literature reviewbased on two research questions and extensive quality assessment criteria includes studies. The study identifies 30 primary studies from 410 studies spanned from 2000 to 2018. The review s finding shows that 53% of journal papers, 42% of conference papers, and 5% of book chapters address requirementsbased testing. Most of the studies use UML, activity, and use case diagrams for test case generation from requirements. One of the significant lessons learned is that most software testing errors are traced back to errors in natural language requirements. A substantial amount of work focuses on UML diagrams for test case generations, which cannot capture all the system s developed attributes. Furthermore, there is a lack of UML-based models that can generate test cases from natural language requirements by refining them in context. Coverage criteria indicate how efficiently the testing has been performed 12.37% of studies use requirements coverage, 20% of studies cover path coverage, and 17% study basic coverage. Tech Science Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/95234/1/AhmadMustafa2021_AutomatedTestCaseGeneration.pdf Mustafa, A. and Wan Kadir, W. M. N. and Ibrahim, N. and Shah, M. A. and Younas, M. and Khan, A. and Zareei, M. and Alanazi, F. (2021) Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review. Computers, Materials and Continua, 67 (2). ISSN 1546-2218 http://dx.doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2021.014391 DOI: 10.32604/cmc.2021.014391 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Mustafa, A. Wan Kadir, W. M. N. Ibrahim, N. Shah, M. A. Younas, M. Khan, A. Zareei, M. Alanazi, F. Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title | Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title_full | Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title_fullStr | Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title_short | Automated test case generation from requirements: a systematic literature review |
| title_sort | automated test case generation from requirements a systematic literature review |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/95234/1/AhmadMustafa2021_AutomatedTestCaseGeneration.pdf |
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