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Issues in using model checkers for test case generation
Journal of Systems and Software
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In recent years, automated test-case generation with model-checkers has seen increasing attention in the re- search community. The use of model-checkers for testing offers full automation, a choice of different methods to de- rive test-suites, and is efficient under certain preconditions. Model-checkers, however, were not originally intended for this task. Therefore, there are several drawbacks that a tester has to cope with. If model-checkers were designed or adapted to take into account the needs that result from the application to software testing, this could lead to sig- nificant improvements with regard to test-suite quality and performance. In this paper, we discuss the drawbacks of current model-checkers when used for testing, and suggest ten ways in which model-checkers could be enhanced to be better suited for the task of test-case generation.