Condition- Classification Tree Model for Generating Test Cases based on UML Activity Diagram
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- The effectiveness of testing depends on the quality of the coverage of the test inputs. Most software today is developed using object-oriented technology, many languages have been developed to support object-oriented software design, most notably the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This research focuses on one type of UML diagram, the activity diagram, which is used to model the behavior of software. If test cases can be generated from this model, tests can be generated early in the process, during software design, greatly increasing the chances of finishing all testing before the software is shipped. This paper proposes a condition – classification tree model for generating test cases from activity diagrams. The model helps to generate effective test cases and helps reduce the time needed to analyze the software specifications. Result from an experiment show that the proposed approach can help generate a relatively small number of test cases at reasonable cost, early in the development process.
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