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Volume 4 | Issue 5 | Year 2013 | Article Id. IJCTT-V4I5P79 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V4I5P79

Automated Test Oracle Methods

Rupinder Kaur

Citation :

Rupinder Kaur, "Automated Test Oracle Methods," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1371-1375, 2013. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V4I5P79

Abstract

Software testing is used to improve software quality by finding fault in the software. To verify the software behavior, testers require test oracle, which is a reliable source of expected software behavior and provides outputs for any input specified in the software specifications and a comparator to verify actual results generated by the software. While test automation requires automated oracle support, oracle automation is considered as a challenging task. These challenges include the automation required in expected output generation and results verification. This paper presents the overview of test oracle and the methods available for the same.

Keywords

Software Engineering; Software Testing, Automated Software Testing; Automated Test Oracle, Expected Output Generation.

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