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Combinatorial Coverage Measurement

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Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei

Abstract

Combinatorial testing applies factor covering arrays to test all t-way combinations of input or configuration state space. In some testing situations, it is not practical to use covering arrays, but any set of tests covers at least some portion of t-way combinations up to t [less than or equal to] n. This report describes measures of combinatorial coverage that can be used in evaluating the degree of t-way coverage of any test suite, regardless of whether it was initially constructed for combinatorial coverage.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7878
Report Number
7878
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7878

Keywords

combinatorial testing, component interaction failure, component interaction failure, factor covering array, state-space coverage, factor covering array, state-space coverage, factor covering array, state-space coverage
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Citation

Kuhn, D. , Kacker, R. and Lei, Y. (2012), Combinatorial Coverage Measurement, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7878 (Accessed October 23, 2025)

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Created October 26, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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