ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHOOSING MAINTENANCE APPROACHES FOR GUI-DIRECTED TEST SCRIPTS

摘要

A graphical user interface (GUI) tool analysis system helps determine whether to purchase or license automated testing tools. The system provides guidance, e.g., to test managers, for making decisions on expenditures for the automated test tools. As a result, the test managers need not make purchasing decisions ad hoc, based on their own personal experience and perceived benefits of implementing a tool based automatic testing approach versus a manual testing approach.

主权项

1. A method for recommending graphical user interface (GUI) tools comprising:
identifying statistical variables for evaluating allocation of testing resources for test scripts; partitioning the statistical variables into input variables and output variables; defining in a memory statistical constraint equations with at least some of the statistical variables; defining in the memory an evaluation function, with at least some of the statistical variables, for evaluating a testing cost of allocation of testing resources for test scripts; executing with a processor coupled to the memory an optimization program stored in the memory, the optimization program comprising instructions that when executed cause the processor to:
obtain a workplace dependent value for each of the input variables apply the constraint equations to a parameter space defined by the output variables to define a curve in the parameter space;execute an optimization algorithm to obtain an optimum point on the curve that achieves a defined goal for the evaluation function, by the optimization algorithm determining the optimum point on the curve by determining a random point on the curve for a node and one or more neighboring points to the random point;determine a recommendation based on the optimum point, the random point and the one or more neighboring points to the random point; andstore the recommendation in the memory.