Automating Specification-Based Software Testing (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 263 pages
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818675314
• ISBN-13: 978-0818675317
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,379,209 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting book, the only one on this topic that I know., February 24, 1999

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This book is a collection of articles on automated test generation, each introduced by the author. The author developed a specification-based test generation tool (T), so his knowledge in this area is extensive. The book contains 5 chapters and 3 appendices. Chapter 1, written by Poston, is about specification-based testing and how to automate it, and an object-oriented case study. Chapter 2 is a collection of 6 articles, some fairly academic. Chapter 3 on test execution is very thin, and digresses into maturity levels instead. Chapter 4 has a couple of articles on test evaluation, including an interesting description of automated test oracles. Chapter 5 is about selecting software testing tools. The appendices include a sample testing policy (useful but unrelated to the rest of the book), comparing code-based to specification-based testing by example, and a list of references for code-based testing.