Basis path testing
In software engineering, basis path testing, or structured testing, is a white box method for designing test cases. The method analyzes the control flow graph of a program to find a set of linearly independent paths of execution. The method normally uses McCabe' cyclomatic complexity to determine the number of linearly independent paths and then generates test cases for each path thus obtained.[1] The method guarantees complete code coverage (all CFG edges), but achieves that without covering all possible paths.[2] The method has been widely used and studied.[3]
References
- ^ Linda Westfall (2008). The Certified Software Quality Engineer Handbook. ASQ Quality Press. pp. 436–437. ISBN 978-0-87389-730-3.
- ^ Y.N. Srikant; Priti Shankar (2002). The Compiler Design Handbook: Optimizations and Machine Code Generation. CRC Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-4200-4057-9.
- ^ Robert V. Binder (2000). Testing Object-oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-201-80938-1.
External links
- What is Basis Path Testing? from the National Institute for Science and Technology
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