Modified Getsplit Algorithm for Test Case Reduction

Abstract

This paper proposes a new technique for improving the efficiency of software testing, which is based on an attempt to reduce test cases using existing techniques and again test suite reduced by using proposed technique that have to be tested for any given software. The approach utilizes the advantage of Regression Testing where fewer test cases would lessen time consumption of the testing as a whole and achieve maximum coverage. As for the initial test case reduction by using existing method, the technique uses simple algebraic conditions to generate split values and divide the domain value. By doing this, the variables values would be limited within a definite range, resulting in fewer numbers of possible test cases to process. As for the reduced test suite reduction, the technique uses additional parameter in existing get split reduction technique to reduce the test case from the RTS based on their coverage according to the conditions involved in program execution. By doing this, proposed technique performs further test case reduction from RTS and cost of testing.