Test case selection through novel methodologies for software application developments

Test case selection is to minimize the time and effort spent for software testing in real time practice. During the course of software testing, the software firms are in want of techniques to finish the testing in a stipulated time, whilst uncompromising on quality. The motto is to select subset of test cases rather to take up all available test cases to uncover most of the bugs. Clustering of test cases using ranking and also based on similarity coefficients is to be implemented. The experimented results have to show up the techniques proposed improving the catching up of errors in a comparatively shorter duration. In this research, eleven different features were considered in order to cluster the test cases. There are two methodologies implemented. In the first methodology, each cluster will cover set of specific features to a certain percentage. Depending on the feature’s coverage, cluster of test cases can be selected. These clusters were formed using ranking methodology. In the sec..., ,测试用例（Test case）选择旨在在实际软件测试实践中缩减所需的时间与人力投入。在软件测试流程中，软件企业亟需能够在规定时限内完成测试且保证测试质量不受影响的技术方案。其核心目标为选取部分测试用例子集，而非执行全部可用测试用例，以此检出绝大多数软件缺陷。本次研究将采用基于排序与相似性系数的测试用例聚类方法。实验结果需验证所提技术可在更短周期内提升缺陷检出效果。本研究共选取11项不同特征用于测试用例聚类。本次研究采用两种实现方法。在第一种方法中，每个聚类将按特定比例覆盖一组专属特征。可依据各特征的覆盖占比筛选测试用例聚类。此类聚类通过排序方法生成。在第二种……