The process of actually predicting efforts for software testing phase is a complex task. There ar... more The process of actually predicting efforts for software testing phase is a complex task. There are many factors affect test effort estimation, including productivity of the test team, strategy chosen for testing, size and complexity of the system, technical factors, expected quality and others. Several studies have been done for developing test effort estimation models but to some extent, most of these models result in erroneous effort estimation. Thus, there is a strong need to optimise the test effort estimation. In this paper, we proposed a model using the meta-heuristic bat algorithm to estimate the test effort. The proposed model is then used to optimise the effort by iteratively improving the solutions. Results show that our estimations is closer to the actual efforts and is thus more accurate than other methods.
Testing of a device during its production phase has always been a very delicate issue. The great ... more Testing of a device during its production phase has always been a very delicate issue. The great increase of complexity that VLSI, (or, now even ULSI) devices imply, added to the inevitable reduction of observation and control points, has made use of structural testing techniques very critical. In this paper we present the implementation of BAT (Behavioral Automatic Tester), a software tool capable to identify the optimum functional test procedure for a given device described at a behavioral level.
The process of actually predicting efforts for software testing phase is a complex task. There ar... more The process of actually predicting efforts for software testing phase is a complex task. There are many factors affect test effort estimation, including productivity of the test team, strategy chosen for testing, size and complexity of the system, technical factors, expected quality and others. Several studies have been done for developing test effort estimation models but to some extent, most of these models result in erroneous effort estimation. Thus, there is a strong need to optimise the test effort estimation. In this paper, we proposed a model using the meta-heuristic bat algorithm to estimate the test effort. The proposed model is then used to optimise the effort by iteratively improving the solutions. Results show that our estimations is closer to the actual efforts and is thus more accurate than other methods.
Testing of a device during its production phase has always been a very delicate issue. The great ... more Testing of a device during its production phase has always been a very delicate issue. The great increase of complexity that VLSI, (or, now even ULSI) devices imply, added to the inevitable reduction of observation and control points, has made use of structural testing techniques very critical. In this paper we present the implementation of BAT (Behavioral Automatic Tester), a software tool capable to identify the optimum functional test procedure for a given device described at a behavioral level.
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