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Conference Paper: Oracles are hardly attain'd, and hardly understood: confessions of software testing researchers
| Title | Oracles are hardly attain'd, and hardly understood: confessions of software testing researchers |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | Test oracle Test harness Metamorphic testing Pattern classifier Object equivalence and nonequivalence |
| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society. |
| Citation | Symposium on Engineering Test Harness, Nanjing, China, July 29-30, 2013. In Proceedings: 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), Nanjing, China, 29-30 July 2013, p. 245-252 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | In software testing, a test oracle refers to the
mechanism for determining whether the results of the software
under test agree with the expected outcomes. To achieve this, we
need a means to determine the expected outcomes, a means to
gauge the actual results, and a means to decide whether the actual
results agree with the expected outcomes. In real-life situations,
however, a test oracle may not exist owing to a missing link in any
of these aspects. In this paper, we summarize our research for the
last 15 years on selected issues related to each of these aspects.
We present the use of metamorphic testing, pattern classification,
and formal object equivalence and nonequivalence to alleviate the
problems. |
| Description | Co-located with 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), Nanjing, China, 29-30 July 2013. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184862 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, WK | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Tse, TH | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-15T10:14:44Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-15T10:14:44Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Symposium on Engineering Test Harness, Nanjing, China, July 29-30, 2013. In Proceedings: 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), Nanjing, China, 29-30 July 2013, p. 245-252 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9780769550398 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184862 | - |
| dc.description | Co-located with 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), Nanjing, China, 29-30 July 2013. | - |
| dc.description.abstract | In software testing, a test oracle refers to the mechanism for determining whether the results of the software under test agree with the expected outcomes. To achieve this, we need a means to determine the expected outcomes, a means to gauge the actual results, and a means to decide whether the actual results agree with the expected outcomes. In real-life situations, however, a test oracle may not exist owing to a missing link in any of these aspects. In this paper, we summarize our research for the last 15 years on selected issues related to each of these aspects. We present the use of metamorphic testing, pattern classification, and formal object equivalence and nonequivalence to alleviate the problems. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IEEE Computer Society. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings: 13th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 13), Nanjing, China, 29-30 July 2013 | en_US |
| dc.rights | ©2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. | - |
| dc.subject | Test oracle | - |
| dc.subject | Test harness | - |
| dc.subject | Metamorphic testing | - |
| dc.subject | Pattern classifier | - |
| dc.subject | Object equivalence and nonequivalence | - |
| dc.title | Oracles are hardly attain'd, and hardly understood: confessions of software testing researchers | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Chan, WK: rickchan@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Tse, TH: thtse@cs.hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Tse, TH=rp00546 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/QSIC.2013.16 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84885660194 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 215616 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.spage | 245 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 252 | - |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000335148200035 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
| dc.customcontrol.immutable | yiu 140328 | - |