GMU Software Engineering Seminar Series

 

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Date: Tuesday, 03/25/2008

Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Location: 330B ST2

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Title: Feature-Oriented Model-Based Functional Testing of Software Product Lines

 

Speaker: Erika Mir Olimpiew

 

Abstract

A model-based testing method for software product lines (SPL) is used to create test specifications from use case and feature models, which can then be configured to test individual applications that are members of the SPL. In this talk I will describe a new feature-oriented model-based testing method for SPLs that can be used to create test specifications to cover all use case scenarios, all features, and selected feature combinations of a SPL. These test specifications can be automatically selected and configured during feature-based test derivation to test a given application derived from the SPL. This method also enables a test engineer to determine what application configurations to test and how to configure test specifications for these applications. This model-based testing method was applied and evaluated on two SPL case studies. This method reduced the number of test specifications that needed to be created to cover the same use case scenarios and feature combinations using two alternative approaches.

 

Bio

Erika Mir Olimpiew received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences and her Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1995 and in 1997, respectively. Originally from Brazil, she became an American citizen in May 1998. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Information Technology and is working on her dissertation in the area of model-based testing and software product lines.