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Test Case Prioritization: An Empirical Study
Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance
September 1999, 179-188
Gregg Rothermel, Roland Untch, Chengyun Chu, and Mary Jean Harrold
Abstract
Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution
in an order that attempts to maximize some objective function.
A variety of objective functions are applicable; one such
function involves rate of fault detection --- a measure
of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process.
An improved rate of fault detection during regression testing can
provide faster feedback on a system under regression test and let
debuggers begin their work earlier than might otherwise be possible.
In this paper, we describe several techniques for prioritizing
test cases and report our empirical results measuring the effectiveness
of these techniques for improving rate of fault detection.
The results provide insights into the tradeoffs among
various techniques for test case prioritization.
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