A Domain Strategy for Computer Program Testing.
Abstract
Computer programs contain two types of errors which have been identified as computations errors and domain errors. A domain error occurs when a specific input follows the wrong path due to an error in the control flow of the program. A path contains a computation error when a specific input follows the correct path, but an error in some assignment statement causes the wrong function to be computed for one or more of the output variables. A testing strategy has been designed to detect domain errors, and the conditions under which this strategy is reliable are given and characterized. A by-product of this domain strategy is a partial ability to detect computation errors. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA067552
Entities
People
- Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran
- Edward I. Cohen
- Lee J. White
Organizations
- Ohio State University