Title
A hybrid-adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for multi-objective regression test suites optimization
Abstract
Regression testing is a mandatory activity of software development life cycle, which is performed to ensure that modifications have not caused any adverse effects on the system’s functionality. With every change in software in the maintenance phase, the size of regression test suite grows as new test cases are written to validate changes. The bigger size of regression test suite makes the testing expensive and time-consuming. Optimization of regression test suite is a possible solution to cope with this problem. Various techniques of optimization have been proposed; however, there is no perfect solution for the problem and therefore, requires better solutions to improve the optimization process. This paper presents a novel technique named as hybrid-adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system tuned with genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm that is used to optimize the regression test suites. Evaluation of the proposed approach is performed on benchmark test suites including “previous date problem” and “Siemens print token.” Experimental results are compared with existing state-of-the-art techniques, and results show that the proposed approach is more effective for the reduction in a regression test suites with higher requirement coverage. The size of regression test suites can be reduced up to 48% using the proposed approach without reducing the fault detection rate.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s00521-018-3560-8
Neural Computing and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Regression test suite optimization, Genetic algorithm, Particle swarm algorithm, Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system
Particle swarm optimization,Suite,Regression testing,Software,Test case,Artificial intelligence,Systems development life cycle,Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system,Genetic algorithm,Mathematics,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31.0
11.0
1433-3058
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
24
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zeeshan Anwar100.34
Hammad Afzal24111.31
Nazia Bibi300.34
Haider Abbas439143.88
Athar Mohsin531.08
Omar Arif6225.87