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{log} as a Test Case Generator for the Test Template Framework

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Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2013)

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{log} (pronounced ‘setlog’) is a Constraint Logic Programming language that embodies the fundamental forms of set designation and a number of primitive operations for set management. As such, it can find solutions of first-order logic formulas involving set-theoretic operators. The Test Template Framework (TTF) is a model-based testing method for the Z notation. In the TTF, test cases are generated from test specifications, which are predicates written in Z. In turn, the Z notation is based on first-order logic and set theory. In this paper we show how {log} can be applied as a test case generator for the TTF. According to our experiments, {log} produces promising results compared to other powerful constraint solvers supporting the Z notation, such as ProB.

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  1. CIFASIS and UNR, Rosario, Argentina

    Maximiliano Cristiá

  2. Università degli studi di Parma, Parma, Italy

    Gianfranco Rossi

  3. LSIS-CIFASIS, Marseille, France

    Claudia Frydman

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Cristiá, M., Rossi, G., Frydman, C. (2013). {log} as a Test Case Generator for the Test Template Framework. In: Hierons, R.M., Merayo, M.G., Bravetti, M. (eds) Software Engineering and Formal Methods. SEFM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40561-7_16

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