{"title":"Formalization of software testing criteria using the Z notation","authors":"S. Vilkomir, Jonathan P. Bowen","doi":"10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960638","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Describes an approach to formalization of criteria of computer systems software testing. A brief review of control-flow criteria is introduced. As a formal language for describing the criteria, the Z notation is selected. Z schemas are presented for definitions of the following criteria: statement coverage, decision coverage, condition coverage, decision/condition coverage, full predicate coverage, modified condition/decision coverage, and multiple condition coverage. This characterization could help in the correct understanding of different types of testing and also the correct application of a desired testing regime.","PeriodicalId":269568,"journal":{"name":"25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference. COMPSAC 2001","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"52","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference. COMPSAC 2001","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960638","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Describes an approach to formalization of criteria of computer systems software testing. A brief review of control-flow criteria is introduced. As a formal language for describing the criteria, the Z notation is selected. Z schemas are presented for definitions of the following criteria: statement coverage, decision coverage, condition coverage, decision/condition coverage, full predicate coverage, modified condition/decision coverage, and multiple condition coverage. This characterization could help in the correct understanding of different types of testing and also the correct application of a desired testing regime.