Weighting Influence of User Behavior in Software Validation
Validation is an essential part of software development, and testing is a practical and widely used approach. The emerging methodology is model-based testing, in which test cases are derived from a model of software behaviour. In this paper we claim that also user behaviour should be taken into account for test planning purposes. We introduce a pragmatic approach called WSA, which derives the test cases from a state-based model, while also accounting for weights that consider relevance wrt user behaviour.
Index Terms:
usability, value based testing, weighted Similarity Approach
Citation:
A. Bertolino, E. Cartaxo, P. Machado, E. Marchetti, "Weighting Influence of User Behavior in Software Validation," dexa,pp.495-500, 2008 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Application, 2008