Abstract.We propose an approach to test whether a system conforms to its specification given in terms of an Input/Output Symbolic Transition System (IOSTS). IOSTSs use data types to enrich transitions with data-based messages and guards depending on state variables. We use symbolic execution techniques both to extract IOSTS behaviours to be tested in the role of test purposes and to ground an algorithm of test case generation. Thus, contrarily to some already existing approaches, our test purposes are directly expressed as symbolic execution paths of the specification. They are finite symbolic subtrees of its symbolic execution. Finally, we give coverage criteria and demonstrate our approach on a running example.
Abstract.Model-based conformance testing of reactive systems consists in taking benefit from the model for mechanizing both test data generation and verdicts computation. On-line test case generation allows one to apply adaptive on-the-fly analyzes to generate the next inputs to be sent and to decide if observed outputs meet intended behaviors. On the other hand, in off-line approaches, test suites are pre-computed from the model and stored under a format that can be later performed on testbeds. In this paper, we propose a two-passes off-line approach where: for the submission part, a test suite is a simple timed sequence of numerical input data and waiting delays, and then, the timed sequence of output data is post-processed on the model to deliver a verdict. As our models are Timed Output Input Symbolic Transition Systems, our off-line algorithms involve symbolic execution and constraint solving techniques.
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