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Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method

A. Pandey1 , A. K. Malviya2

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Volume-6 , Issue-6 , Page no. 299-303, Jun-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v6i6.299303

Online published on Jun 30, 2018

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IEEE Style Citation: A. Pandey, A. K. Malviya, “Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method,” International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Vol.6, Issue.6, pp.299-303, 2018.

MLA Style Citation: A. Pandey, A. K. Malviya "Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method." International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering 6.6 (2018): 299-303.

APA Style Citation: A. Pandey, A. K. Malviya, (2018). Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method. International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 6(6), 299-303.

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@article{Pandey_2018,
author = {A. Pandey, A. K. Malviya},
title = {Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering},
issue_date = {6 2018},
volume = {6},
Issue = {6},
month = {6},
year = {2018},
issn = {2347-2693},
pages = {299-303},
url = {https://www.ijcseonline.org/full_paper_view.php?paper_id=2179},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v6i6.299303}
publisher = {IJCSE, Indore, INDIA},
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TI - Enhancing test case reduction by k-means algorithm and elbow method
T2 - International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering
AU - A. Pandey, A. K. Malviya
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Abstract

Software testing plays an indispensable part in the software development process. A huge number of test cases are required to be tested to improve the quality of the software which is a tedious and time-consuming process. In this paper we aim to minimize the number of test cases by eliminating redundant test cases and thereby assisting us in reducing the time consumed in testing huge number of test cases. We have used the popular data mining k-means algorithm along with an elbow method to reduce the number of test cases required to be tested. Experimental result presents better clustering accuracy and significant elimination of redundant test cases by using the proposed approach.

Key-Words / Index Term

Testing; data mining; test case reduction; test case minimization; test suite reduction; test suite minimization; cluster

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