Conventional testing and combinatorial testing: A comparative analysis
S. M. Bindu Bhargavi, S.B. Nandeeswar, V. Suma, Jawahar J. Rao · 2016
It is common knowledge that conventional testing practices are tedious, costly and unproductive. This paper strives to explore the advantage of using combinatorial test design over conventional testing. An empirical study has been done with business applications to analyze the difference in effort for both methods and the results have been discussed. This study is conclusive as far as the reduced test effort is concerned for CTD, however further research would be necessary to validate the empirical results and propose a model which can predict the savings in effort for CTD. Also, further investigation would throw light on applying CTD in all situations and for all complexities. The effectiveness of CTD can only be established when it results in lower test efforts, maximum code coverage and no defect leaks.