model based test case generation

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MODEL BASED TEST

GENERATION


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WHATS A MODEL?

A model:

Is an abstraction or simplified representation ofthe

system from a particular perspective

Supportsinvestigation, discovery, explanation, prediction,or construction

May be expressed as a description, table, graphical

diagram, or quantitative mathematical model

Is not necessarilycomprehensive

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MODELS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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EXAMPLES OF MODELS

Flow Charts

Data Flow Diagrams

Entity- Relationship Diagrams

State Diagrams

Deployment Diagrams

ClassDiagrams

Use Ca

se

s ActivityDiagrams

State Transition Tables

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MODEL BASED TEST GENERATION

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set of

Test Cases

sequence of stimuli

expected responses

Formal Model

Test GenerationDirectives

Generator


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MODELING

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Modeling Validation

Refinement Verification

SpecificationAsmL

ImplementationC/C++/C#

Product Idea/ Specification

Are you buildingthe product right ?

Are you

building theright product?

What productare you

building?


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FSM: START STATE & ACTION

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Start state (Entry Point)

Files Shown: 0

File Select: Not Selected

Exit Point: False


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OTHER

STATES

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start


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SIMPLE FSM MODEL (STATE MODEL)

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WALK EVERY STATE-CHANGE

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Create

Invert Selection

Invert Selection

Delete


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TEST EVERY WALK < 5 STEPS

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A: Invert Selection

B: Create; Delete

C: Create; Invert Selection; Invert Selection; Delete


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MODEL BASED TEST GENERATION

TOOLS

T-VEC(Test Vector Generation System)

TestMaster

UniTesk (Unified Testingand spec toolkit)

GOCHA Techbeans

AS

MLEtc..

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THE ASML MODELING TOOLKIT

Abstract state machine Language is a powerfulmodelinglanguage

AsmL provides Authoringvia MS Word and XML

Simulation and interoperabilityvia COM and .NET

Automatic test oracle

Semi-automatic test case generation

Integration with Microsofts test platform

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ASML: GETTING STARTED, SORTEXAMPLE

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var A as Seq ofInteger = []

Swap()choose i in indices(A),

j in indices(A)where i < j and A(i) > A(j)

A(i) := A(j)A(j) := A(i)

sort()step until fixpoint

swap()

A = [2,3,1]

A = [1,2,3]

A = [2,1,3]

Non-determinism

A = [1,3,2]

Parallelism


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ASML: PREDEFINED DATA

TYPES

Sets

menu = {"ham", "cheese","blt"}

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SequencesSequencesrandomrandom == [[3,3, 6,6, 7,7, 1,1, 55]] ////asas SeqSeq ofof IntegerInteger

MapsMapsdirectorydirectoryas Map ofas Map of StringString toto Integer =Integer =

{{policepolice -->>112, info112, info -->>118118}}

TuplesTuplesnameAndAgenameAndAge == ((John,39John,39)) ////((StringString,,IntegerInteger))


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USING MODELS FOR TEST

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Model

Implementation

Test OracleTest Cases

Are run byProvides

actual results for

Pass

No pass

Provides expected

results forGenerates

User

Info


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ASML-BASED TEST HARNESS

Side-by-side runs

Discrepancies

automaticallyflagged

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AsmLmodel

Test harness

Implementationunder test

Anyclient


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ASML TEST CASE GENERATION - 1

Solves two problems

How to find interesting parameter values

and combinations How to find interestingcall sequences

Approach Use information derived from the model to

optimize the number oftest cases

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Divide state space accordingto state predicates

System covers the state predicates Driven byinput generator (parameter selection) or

Driven by enabledness (call sequences)

Tester providesinputs, givesinterestingstate

predicates, directs the search

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THE DUAL ROLE OF ASM MODELS

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AsmL

ModelM

Test cases

Guided

generation(Param

Select

withFeedback)

Reduce

FSM

tool

IUT

Call next action

Get state

AsmL

ModelM

Testing harness

Is S

valid according

to M?

Fail: witness

Pass S

view

view

view

FSM


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ASML TEST CASE GENERATION - 3

Generate only as many test cases as needed to havefull coverage ofthe specification

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Generator ModelInput

Coverage criteriaCoverage criteria

Branch: Every branch of the spec must beBranch: Every branch of the spec must betakentaken

Modified condition: independent atomicModified condition: independent atomicconditionsconditions

OffOff--byby--One: offOne: off--byby--one errorsone errors

HyperHyperstate coverage: Everystate coverage: Every abstractabstractstatestatemust be visitedmust be visited

Feedback


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ASML TEST (ASMLT)

asmlT can be used to:

1. Find interestingsequences ofmethod calls finds the shortest route in a generated FSM that uses every edge to

traverse the states

2. Find interestingparametersfor each method call

Access Driven Filtering(ADF) you write a predicate (boolean function) to decide ifa given

parameter isinteresting

3. Perform a conformance test

Compare Model with Implementation

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REFERENCES

Model-Based Test Generation Tools, Alan Hartman,AGEDIS CONSORTIUMhttp://www.agedis.de/documents/ModelBasedTestGenerationTools_cs.pdf

Finite State Model-Based Testingon a Shoestring, HarryRobinsonhttp://www.model-based-testing.org/shoestring.htm

Model Based Testing, L. Apfelbaum, et al, Software Quality Week Conference inMay, 1997.http://www.model-based-testing.org/sqw97.pdf

Abstract State Machine Language, Microsoft Researchhttp://research.microsoft.com/fse/asml/

The AsmL Test Generator tool, Microsoft Researchhttp://research.microsoft.com/fse/AsmL/doc/AsmLTester.html

Intelligent Test Automation, HarryRobinsonSoftware Testing& QualityEngineering(STQE) magazine Sept/Oct 2000http://www.model-based-testing.org/robinson.pdf

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