Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent software test augmenting
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Application No.: US14846890Application Date: 2015-09-07
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Publication No.: US10007595B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Ulrich M. Junker , Thierry Kormann
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti, P.C.
- Agent Richard Wilhelm, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Priority: GB1416841.3 20140924
- Main IPC: G06F11/36
- IPC: G06F11/36

Abstract:
Augmenting a software module test suite is provided, which includes: providing a test suite including test cases for a module to convert an N-dimensional space into an output space, where N≥2, the cases covering a first portion of the N-dimensional space; exploring the N-dimensional space by repeating: partitioning a further portion of the N-dimensional space by exploring a partition of the further portion, the partition including partition boundaries defined by a constant value of one of the N input values, each partition having a partition boundary bordering one of the test cases; evaluating the partition and generating a further test case if the evaluation reveals that the partition is not covered by the test cases; and adding the partition to the first portion; until the further portion has been explored or a termination criterion met; and producing an augmented test suite including the generated further test cases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160085665A1 INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE TEST AUGMENTING Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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