Location-Based Test Case Prioritization for Software Embedded in Mobile Devices Using the Law of Gravitation

Joint Authors

Gao, Honghao
Wang, Xiaolin
Zeng, Hongwei
Miao, Huaikou
Lin, Weiwei

Source

Mobile Information Systems

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-14, 14 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-01-02

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

14

Main Subjects

Telecommunications Engineering

Abstract EN

Considering that some intelligent software in mobile devices is related to location of sensors and devices, regression testing for it faces a major challenge.

Test case prioritization (TCP), as a kind of regression test optimization technique, is beneficial to improve test efficiency.

However, traditional TCP techniques may have limitations on testing intelligent software embedded in mobile devices because they do not take into account characteristics of mobile devices.

This paper uses a smart mall as a scenario to design a novel location-based TCP technique for software embedded in mobile devices using the law of gravitation.

First, test gravitation is proposed by applying the idea of universal gravitation.

Second, a specific calculation model of test gravitation is designed for a smart mall scenario.

Third, how to create a faulted test case set is designed by the pseudocode.

Fourth, a location-based TCP using the law of gravitation algorithm is proposed, which utilizes test case information, fault information, and location information to prioritize test cases.

Finally, an empirical evaluation is presented by using one industrial project.

The observation, underlying the experimental results, is that our proposed TCP approach performs better than traditional TCP techniques.

In addition, besides location information, the level of devices is also an important factor which affects the prioritization efficiency.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Wang, Xiaolin& Zeng, Hongwei& Gao, Honghao& Miao, Huaikou& Lin, Weiwei. 2019. Location-Based Test Case Prioritization for Software Embedded in Mobile Devices Using the Law of Gravitation. Mobile Information Systems،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193917

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Wang, Xiaolin…[et al.]. Location-Based Test Case Prioritization for Software Embedded in Mobile Devices Using the Law of Gravitation. Mobile Information Systems No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193917

American Medical Association (AMA)

Wang, Xiaolin& Zeng, Hongwei& Gao, Honghao& Miao, Huaikou& Lin, Weiwei. Location-Based Test Case Prioritization for Software Embedded in Mobile Devices Using the Law of Gravitation. Mobile Information Systems. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193917

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1193917