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CTA
City
Lisbon
Country
Portugal
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Abstract

Combinatorial methods are a promising modern approach to software testing&#046; In particular, pairwise testing, which requires testing all pairs of possible values for any pair of input parameters, has shown a high level of fault detection&#046; A more general approach, t&#8211;wise testing, which is an extension of pairwise testing for t from 3 to 6, considers a combination of any t input parameter values to be covered by at least one test&#046; It requires more test cases but provides even better results&#046; Combinatorial testing (CT) is also an effective approach to testing hardware and software configurations&#046; The CTA 2017 workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on CT&#046; The workshop will provide a platform for the discussion of problems in the theory and practice of CT with a focus on its applications in different domains&#046; Participants will be able to use this opportunity to share their knowledge through informal discussions, develop new ideas, and establish new collaborations on CT topics&#046;<br>Topics of interest<br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<br>&#8211; Theoretical basis of CT<br>&#8211; Methods, models, and algorithms for combinatorial test generation<br>&#8211; CT for configuration testing<br>&#8211; CT for input testing<br>&#8211; CT for security testing<br>&#8211; Types of faults detected by CT<br>&#8211; CT effectiveness<br>&#8211; CT coverage<br>&#8211; Comparison of different CT methods<br>&#8211; Comparison of CT with other testing approaches<br>&#8211; Combining CT with other testing approaches<br>&#8211; Experimental evaluation of CT<br>&#8211; Tools for combinatorial test generation<br>&#8211; Tools for measuring CT coverage<br>&#8211; Combinatorial test automation<br>&#8211; Case studies and industrial reports on CT applications<br>&#8211; Analysis of practical problems during CT application<br>&#8211; Domain&#8211;specific applications of CT<br>