Domain Testing: Divide and Conquer - Testing Education

2.01.01.03 Combination of Black-Box and White-Box Testing
Approaches ................................................................................................19
2.01.02 Driving Factor.............................................................. 20
2.01.02.01 Confidence-Based Approach...............................................20
2.01.02.02 Risk-Based Approach ...........................................................21
2.01.03 Linear or Non-Linear .................................................... 23
2.01.04 Overlapping or Disjoint Subdomains ............................. 23
2.01.05 Size of Subdomains – Equally Sized or Unequally
Sized?....................................................................................... 24
2.02 Selecting Representatives from Subdomains............... 24
2.02.01 Random Selection......................................................... 25
2.02.02 Proportional Partition Testing........................................ 25
2.02.03 Risk-Based Selection .................................................... 28
2.02.03.01 Boundary Value Analysis.....................................................28
2.02.03.02 Special Value Testing ...........................................................31
2.02.03.03 Robustness Testing................................................................31
2.02.03.04 Worst Case Testing...............................................................31
2.02.04 Which Test Case Selection Method Should We Use? ..... 32
2.03 Testing Multiple Variables in Combination ................ 33
2.03.01 Cause-Effect Graphs..................................................... 33
2.03.02 Pairwise / Orthogonal Arrays Testing ............................ 34
2.03.03 Combinatorial Testing Using Input-Output Analysis ...... 35
2.03.04 All Pairs Combination................................................... 36
2.03.05 Weak Robust Equivalence-Class Testing ....................... 36
2.03.06 When to Use What Combination Technique? ................. 37
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