abstract: Exhaustive testing is generally infeasible except in the smallest of systems. Research
has shown that testing the interactions among fewer (up to 6) components is generally
sufficient while retaining the capability to detect up to 99% of defects. This leads to a
substantial decrease in the number of tests. Covering arrays are combinatorial objects
that guarantee that every interaction is tested at least once.
In the absence of direct constructions, forming small covering arrays is generally
an expensive computational task. Algorithms to generate covering arrays have been
extensively studied yet no single algorithm provides the smallest solution. More
recently research has been directed towards a new technique called post-optimization.
These algorithms take an existing covering array and attempt to reduce its size.
This thesis presents a new idea for post-optimization by representing covering
arrays as graphs. Some properties of these graphs are established and the results are
contrasted with existing post-optimization algorithms. The idea is then generalized to
close variants of covering arrays with surprising results which in some cases reduce
the size by 30%. Applications of the method to generation and test prioritization are
studied and some interesting results are reported. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Computer Science 2015
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:36422 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Contributors | Karia, Rushang Vinod (Author), Colbourn, Charles J (Advisor), Syrotiuk, Violet (Committee member), Richa, Andrea W (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 58 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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