Multi-Objective Testing Resource Allocation under UncertaintyShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, ISSN 1089-778X, E-ISSN 1941-0026, Vol. 22, no 3, p. 347-362Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Testing resource allocation is the problem of planning the assignment of resources to testing activities of software components so as to achieve a target goal under given constraints. Existing methods build on Software Reliability Growth Models (SRGMs), aiming at maximizing reliability given time/cost constraints, or at minimizing cost given quality/time constraints. We formulate it as a multi-objective debug-aware and robust optimization problem under uncertainty of data, advancing the stateof- the-art in the following ways. Multi-objective optimization produces a set of solutions, allowing to evaluate alternative tradeoffs among reliability, cost and release time. Debug awareness relaxes the traditional assumptions of SRGMs – in particular the very unrealistic immediate repair of detected faults – and incorporates the bug assignment activity. Robustness provides solutions valid in spite of a degree of uncertainty on input parameters. We show results with a real-world case study.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. Vol. 22, no 3, p. 347-362
Keywords [en]
Testing, Resource management, Mathematical model, Debugging, Fault detection, Uncertainty, Optimization
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-32387DOI: 10.1109/TEVC.2017.2691060Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85043388350OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-32387DiVA, id: diva2:1152899
2017-10-262017-10-262023-06-02Bibliographically approved