Search-based software testing and test data generation for a dynamic programming language
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On parameter tuning in search based software engineering
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Evolutionary functional black-box testing in an industrial setting
Software Quality Control
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Evolutionary testing has been researched and promising results have been presented. However, evolutionary testing has remained predominately a research-based activity not practiced within industry. Although attempts have been made, such as Daimler's Evolutionary Structural Test (EST) prototype, until now, no such tool has been suitable for industrial adoption. The European project EvoTest (IST-33472) team has been working from 2006 till2009 to improve this situation. This paper describes the final version of the Evolutionary Testing Framework (ETF) resulting from the EvoTest project. In specific we will present the EvoTest Structural Testing tool for fully automatic structural testing that has been demonstrated to be suitable within an industrial setting. The paper concentrates on how to use it and interpret the results. The paper starts with introducing the concepts of Evolutionary Testing in general and Structural Testing in specific. Subsequently, the ETF and the EvoTest Structural Testing tool built on-top of it will be described. We will concentrate on the usage, the architecture, and remaining limitations of the tool. The paper concludes describing the results of using the EvoTest Structural Testing tool in practice on real-world systems in an industrial setting.