Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Program
Computer Science
Supervisor
Associate Professor Dr. James H. Andrews
Abstract
We introduce a family of coverage criteria, called Multi-Point Stride Coverage (MPSC). MPSC generalizes branch coverage to coverage of tuples of branches taken from the execution sequence of a program. We investigate its potential as a replacement for dataflow coverage, such as def-use coverage. We find that programs can be instrumented for MPSC easily, that the instrumentation usually incurs less overhead than that for def-use coverage, and that MPSC is comparable in usefulness to def-use in predicting test suite effectiveness. We also find that the space required to collect MPSC can be predicted from the number of branches in the program.
Recommended Citation
Hassan, Mohammad Mahdi, "Multi-Point Stride Coverage: A New Genre of Test Coverage Criteria" (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1130.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1130
