Constructing Prioritized Interaction Test Suite with Interaction Relationship

Abstract

Interaction testing has addressed some issues on how to select a small subset of test cases. In many systems where interaction testing is needed, the entire test suite is not executed because of time or budget constraints. It is important to prioritize the test cases in these situations. On the other hand, there are not always interactions among any factors in real systems. Moreover, some factors may need N-way (N≫2) testing since there is a closer relationship among them. We present a model for prioritized interaction testing with interaction relationship and propose a greedy algorithm for generating variable strength covering arrays with bias.