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An Ontology-Based Approach for Test Case Reuse

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Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 309))

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Building software test cases is a costly and time-consuming process; hence, good-quality test cases are stored in libraries, for possible reuse. Existing methods for search and retrieval of reusable test cases are not flexible enough, since they do not consider semantics. We propose a test case reuse approach based on the semantic Web technique—ontology, which improves flexibility and reusability during test case generation. Moreover, the addition of semantics to test cases handles users’ queries better.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Satish Dalal, Sandeep Kumar & Niyati Baliyan

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  1. Satish Dalal
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  1. University of Canberra, Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, Canberra, Australia, and University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engin, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Srikanta Patnaik

  3. Department of Premier and Cabinet, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Nikhil Ichalkaranje

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Dalal, S., Kumar, S., Baliyan, N. (2015). An Ontology-Based Approach for Test Case Reuse. In: Jain, L., Patnaik, S., Ichalkaranje, N. (eds) Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 309. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2009-1_41

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