Kuhn, D.
, Kacker, R.
, Feldman, L.
and Witte, G.
(2016),
Combinatorial Testing for Cybersecurity and Reliability, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920921
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Combinatorial Testing for Cybersecurity and Reliability
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, , Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
Abstract
This bulletin focuses on NIST's combinatorial testing work. Combinatorial testing is a proven method for more effective software testing at lower cost. The key insight underlying combinatorial testing's effectiveness resulted from a series of studies by NIST from 1999 to 2004. NIST research showed that most software bugs and failures are caused by one or two parameters, with progressively fewer by three or more.Citation
ITL Bulletin - May 2016
Report Number
May 2016
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NIST Pubs
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Keywords
algorithms, combinatorial testing, constraints, covering array, software testing, test suite
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Created May 12, 2016, Updated February 19, 2017