Proportional sampling strategy: a compendium and some insights

There have been numerous studies on the effectiveness of partition and random testing. In particular, the proportional sampling (PS) strategy has been proved, under certain conditions, to be the only form of partition testing that outperforms random testing regardless of where the failure-causing in...

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Published in:The Journal of systems and software 2001-08, Vol.58 (1), p.65-81
Main Authors: Chen, T.Y., Tse, T.H., Yu, Y.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Partition testing
Proportional sampling
Random testing
Software
Software testing
Studies
Testing
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Summary:There have been numerous studies on the effectiveness of partition and random testing. In particular, the proportional sampling (PS) strategy has been proved, under certain conditions, to be the only form of partition testing that outperforms random testing regardless of where the failure-causing inputs are. This paper provides an integrated synthesis and overview of our recent studies on the PS strategy and its related work. Through this synthesis, we offer a perspective that properly interprets the results obtained so far, and present some of the interesting issues involved and new insights obtained during the course of this research.
ISSN:0164-1212
1873-1228
DOI:10.1016/S0164-1212(01)00028-0