An Effective Iterative Metamorphic Testing Algorithm Based on Program Path Analysis

Abstract

Metamorphic testing (MT) is very practical and effective for programs with oracle problems, and many researches have been done in this field. In this article, we present a new iterative MT algorithm, APCEMSI, to avoid the blindness of existing MT methods. The test suites generated by APCEMSI satisfy a criterion which is defined upon program path analysis technique. Experiment result shows that APCEMSI could find errors effectively with much fewer test cases.