A Survey on Test Case Reduction Techniques

Vaibhav Chaurasia, Yogita Chauhan, Thirunavukkarasu K.

Abstract: Test case reduction is traditional in nature. It is very old field on which engineers work from the beginning of the third generation. Reduction is not an easy task; several techniques in this field is developed. There are several challenges faced by the engineers; for instance; cost and time. The reduction is the nightmare of the developer; as; the level of testing is increases; techniques of reduction also becomes more complex. An old technique teaches us the basic of the reduction of test cases without any complexity and through simple algorithms. So; this paper gives the overview of the existing techniques and gives the literature review of test case reduction techniques in software testing field.

Keywords: Software Testing, Test Case Reduction, Exception Handling, Dynamic Domain Reduction, Independent Path, Basis Path Testing