A Tool for Automated Test Data Generation (and Execution) Based on Combinatorial Approach

Covering as much as 40 to 50 percent of the development costs and resources, software testing is an integral part of the software development lifecycle. Despite its importance, current software testing practice lacks automation and is still primarily based on highly manual processes from the generation of test cases (i.e. from the specifications documents) up to the actual execution of the test. These manually generated tests are sometimes executed using ad hoc approach, typically requiring the construction of a test driver for the particular application under test. The construction of a test driver is tedious, error prone, and cumbersome process, as it puts extra burden to test engineers.