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Introducing Combinatorial Testing in a Large Organization

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Author(s)

Jon Hagar, Thomas Wissink, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker

Abstract

A two-year study of eight pilot projects to introduce combinatorial testing in a large aerospace corporation found that the new methods were practical, significantly lowered development costs, and improved test coverage by 20 to 50 percent.
Citation
Computer (IEEE Computer)
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2015.114
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Keywords

combinatorial testing, project management, software assurance, software testing, technology transfer, verification and validation
Information technology and Conformance testing

Citation

Hagar, J. , Wissink, T. , Kuhn, D. and Kacker, R. (2015), Introducing Combinatorial Testing in a Large Organization, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2015.114, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913242 (Accessed October 25, 2025)

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Created April 22, 2015, Updated October 12, 2021
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