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Chapter 8: Black-Box and White-Box Testing

Chapter 8: Black-Box and White-Box Testing

pp. 141-164

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, Maynooth University, Ireland, , Maynooth University, Ireland, , Maynooth University, Ireland, , Maynooth University, Ireland
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Summary

This chapter provides a more detailed description of the background of black-box and white-box testing. it then discusses a number of more advanced issues, covering testing with: more complex data types and data structures, more complex specifications, and more complex code. The chapter ends with an overview of some more advanced forms of white-box testing: condition coverage, decision coverage, decision-condition coverage, multiple condition coverage, and modified condition/decision coverage.

Keywords

  • black-box testing
  • white-box testing
  • errors of omission and comission
  • complex data types
  • complex data structures
  • dataflow coverage
  • decision and condition coverage
  • repair-based testing

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