Test coverage analysis of UML activity diagrams for interactive systems

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

Ricardo D. F. Ferreira (Author) Other; João P. Faria (Author) FEUP; Ana C. R. Paiva (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology - QUATIC'2010

Pages: 268-273

Seventh International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology

Porto, Portugal, 29 de Setembro a 2 de Outubro de 2010

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-007-X3W

DOI: 10.1109/quatic.2010.51

Abstract (EN): User interface testing is a very important but time consuming activity. To automate and systematize the testing process, models can be used to derive test cases automatically - a technique known as model-based testing. Given a model representing the intended system behavior and a test suite derived from the model or produced manually, the coverage of the test suite over the model is an important early indicator of the quality and completeness of the test suite. This paper presents a novel tool that shows visually the coverage achieved by a test suite over an UML model of an interactive system. This model is based on activity and class diagrams, with special user interface modeling features (stereotypes and keywords) inspired in ConcurTaskTrees and Canonical Abstract Prototypes. The tool receives a UML model file and a test suite, determines the model coverage by simulating the execution of the test suite over the model, and produces a colored UML model showing the elements covered. An example is presented to illustrate the approach.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6