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An oracle determines whether the output of a program for executed test cases is correct. For machine learning programs, such an oracle is often unavailable or impractical to apply. Metamorphic testing addresses this by using metamorphic…

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Quantification learning is the task of predicting the label distribution of a set of instances. We study this problem in the context of graph-structured data, where the instances are vertices. Previously, this problem has only been…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Clemens Damke , Eyke Hüllermeier

Continuous Integration (CI) requires efficient regression testing to ensure software quality without significantly delaying its CI builds. This warrants the need for techniques to reduce regression testing time, such as Test Case…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Ahmadreza Saboor Yaraghi , Mojtaba Bagherzadeh , Nafiseh Kahani , Lionel Briand

Testing Highly Configurable Systems (HCSs) is a challenging task, especially in an evolution scenario where features are added, changed, or removed, which hampers test case selection and prioritization. Existing work is usually based on the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Willian D. F. Mendonça , Wesley K. G. Assunção , Silvia R. Vergilio

To alleviate the cost of regression testing in continuous integration (CI), a large number of machine learning-based (ML-based) test case prioritization techniques have been proposed. However, it is yet unknown how they perform under the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Yifan Zhao , Dan Hao , Lu Zhang

Regression testing in Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines is increasingly costly due to the growing size and execution frequency of test suites. Test Case Prioritization (TCP) mitigates this problem by reordering tests to expose faults…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Lorenzo Abbondante , Gerardo Canfora

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have demonstrated remarkable efficacy in handling graph-structured data; however, they exhibit failures after deployment, which can cause severe consequences. Hence, conducting thorough testing before deployment…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Lichen Yang , Qiang Wang , Zhonghao Yang , Daojing He , Yu Li

The regression test selection problem--selecting a subset of a test-suite given a change--has been studied widely over the past two decades. However, the problem has seen little attention when constrained to high-criticality developments…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-06-16 Andrew V. Jones

Test Case Prioritization (TCP) is an important component of regression testing, allowing for earlier detection of faults or helping to reduce testing time and cost. While several TCP approaches exist in the research literature, a growing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Qi Luo , Kevin Moran , Denys Poshyvanyk , Massimiliano Di Penta

Widespread applications of deep neural networks (DNNs) benefit from DNN testing to guarantee their quality. In the DNN testing, numerous test cases are fed into the model to explore potential vulnerabilities, but they require expensive…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Jinyin Chen , Jie Ge , Haibin Zheng

In embedded control systems, the potential risks of software defects have been increasing because of software complexity which leads to, for example, timing related problems. These defects are rarely found by tests or simulations. To detect…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-01-03 Masahiro Matsubara , Kohei Sakurai , Fumio Narisawa , Masushi Enshoiwa , Yoshio Yamane , Hisamitsu Yamanaka

Sequential testing problems involve a complex system with several components, each of which is "working" with some independent probability. The outcome of each component can be determined by performing a test, which incurs some cost. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Rohan Ghuge , Anupam Gupta , Viswanath Nagarajan

The process of testing any software system is an enormous task which is time consuming and costly. The time and required effort to do sufficient testing grow, as the size and complexity of the software grows, which may cause overrun of the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2012-06-05 Ranjita Kumari Swain , Prafulla Kumar Behera , Durga Prasad Mohapatra

We propose a new test case prioritization technique that combines both mutation-based and diversity-based approaches. Our diversity-aware mutation-based technique relies on the notion of mutant distinguishment, which aims to distinguish one…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-01-24 Donghwan Shin , Shin Yoo , Mike Papadakis , Doo-Hwan Bae

Test-time adaptation aims to improve model robustness under distribution shifts by adapting models with access to unlabeled target samples. A primary cause of performance degradation under such shifts is the model's reliance on features…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yingnan Liu , Rui Qiao , Mong Li Lee , Wynne Hsu

Test case prioritisation (TCP) is a critical task in regression testing to ensure quality as software evolves. Machine learning has become a common way to achieve it. In particular, learning-to-rank (LTR) algorithms provide an effective…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Aurora Ramírez , Mario Berrios , José Raúl Romero , Robert Feldt

Autonomous Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) rely on extensive testing to ensure safety and reliability, yet road scenario datasets often contain redundant cases that slow down the testing process without improving fault detection. To…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Qurban Ali , Andrea Stocco , Leonardo Mariani , Oliviero Riganelli

Testing in Continuous Integration (CI) involves test case prioritization, selection, and execution at each cycle. Selecting the most promising test cases to detect bugs is hard if there are uncertainties on the impact of committed code…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Helge Spieker , Arnaud Gotlieb , Dusica Marijan , Morten Mossige

Systematic testing of object-oriented software turned out to be much more complex than testing conventional software. Especially the highly incremental and iterative development cycle demands both many more changes and partially implemented…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Mario Winter

Software testing involves identifying the test cases whichdiscover errors in the program. However, exhaustive testing ofsoftware is very time consuming. In this paper, a technique isproposed to prioritize test case scenarios by identifying…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Chayanika Sharma , Sangeeta Sabharwal , Ritu Sibal