A Practical Approach to Combinatorial Test Design

Abstract: Typical software has a huge input space. The number of inputs may be astronomical or even infinite. Thus, the task of validating that the software is correct seems hopeless. To deal with this difficult task, Combinatorial Test Design (CTD) can be used to provide reduction of the testing space and high quality and efficient testing. The application of CTD is largely determined by the quality of the CTD model. This book covers the CTD test design methodology and CTD modeling in details. It elaborates on the process of constraints definition. It also explains how to best define your coverage requirements to direct and focus your tests. It is hard to create good CTD models without a good grasp of the implementation of CTD tooling. To that hand, the book also takes a deeper dive into covering principles and algorithms needed to build CTD tooling. Hands on exercises are used throughout the text and help create a clear understanding of the concepts covered within this book.