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New test case prioritization strategies for regression testing of web applications

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A test case prioritization technique reschedules test cases for regression testing in an order to achieve specific goals like early fault detection. Currently, black box testing of web applications requires manual prioritization of test cases which is very time consuming. We propose a new two level prioritization approach to prioritize test cases for web applications as a whole. Our approach selects modified functionalities in a web application and automatically executes test cases on the basis of the impact of modified functionalities. We suggest several new prioritization strategies for web applications and examine whether these prioritization strategies improve the rate of fault detection for web applications. We propose a new test suite prioritization model for web applications that detects modified functionalities, selects test cases related to those functionalities and reschedules them to detect faults early in test suite execution.

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    Deepak Garg, Amitava Datta & Tim French

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Garg, D., Datta, A. & French, T. New test case prioritization strategies for regression testing of web applications. Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag 3, 300–309 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-012-0134-5

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