{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3096340326","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","title":"REDUNET: reducing test suites by integrating set cover and network-based optimization","display_name":"REDUNET: reducing test suites by integrating set cover and network-based optimization","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-11-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3096340326","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","mag":"3096340326"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_indexed_in_scopus":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},"type":"article","type_crossref":"journal-article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007291317","display_name":"Misael Mongiov\u0131\u0300","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-5490"},"institutions":[],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Misael Mongiov\u00ec","raw_affiliation_strings":["ISTC CNR, Via Gaifami, 18, 95126, Catania, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ISTC CNR, Via Gaifami, 18, 95126, Catania, Italy","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058404347","display_name":"Andrea Fornaia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-855X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39063666","display_name":"University of Catania","ror":"https://ror.org/03a64bh57","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39063666"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrea Fornaia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39063666"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011707033","display_name":"Emiliano Tramontana","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-659X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39063666","display_name":"University of Catania","ror":"https://ror.org/03a64bh57","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39063666"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Emiliano Tramontana","raw_affiliation_strings":["Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39063666"]}]}],"institution_assertions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007291317"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":790,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":969,"provenance":"doaj"},"apc_paid":{"value":790,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":969,"provenance":"doaj"},"fwci":0.965,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.761526,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":73,"max":76},"biblio":{"volume":"5","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9991,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.999,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-suite","display_name":"Test suite","score":0.8444474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-coverage","display_name":"Code coverage","score":0.6759044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-management-approach","display_name":"Test Management Approach","score":0.5056484}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151552104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705809","display_name":"Test suite","level":4,"score":0.8444474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7562709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53942775","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1211721","display_name":"Code coverage","level":3,"score":0.6759044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128942645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1568346","display_name":"Test case","level":3,"score":0.58910775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111335779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454686","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.54601204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7435765","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705776","display_name":"Test Management Approach","level":5,"score":0.5056484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4897261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56086750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6042592","display_name":"Integer programming","level":2,"score":0.42011184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.40171555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.3439434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.28724918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.2389062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.21339414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.11695081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.08228269},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.08049694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_indexed_in_scopus":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},{"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/6001b29f3ee947cf839a54bb786fa3b1","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_indexed_in_scopus":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false}],"best_oa_location":{"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1007/s41109-020-00323-w","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_indexed_in_scopus":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.59,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"grants":[{"funder":"https://openalex.org/F4320321873","funder_display_name":"Ministero dell\u2019Istruzione, dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 e della Ricerca","award_id":null}],"datasets":[],"versions":[],"referenced_works_count":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1122166571","https://openalex.org/W146669574","https://openalex.org/W1965194038","https://openalex.org/W1971650562","https://openalex.org/W1992581535","https://openalex.org/W1992987499","https://openalex.org/W1993760289","https://openalex.org/W1998393968","https://openalex.org/W2014515160","https://openalex.org/W2014698217","https://openalex.org/W2049695835","https://openalex.org/W2053873374","https://openalex.org/W2071132771","https://openalex.org/W2075678045","https://openalex.org/W2094157810","https://openalex.org/W2098639318","https://openalex.org/W2104147236","https://openalex.org/W2110068396","https://openalex.org/W2129761255","https://openalex.org/W2143996311","https://openalex.org/W2165965482","https://openalex.org/W2166616527","https://openalex.org/W2174442795","https://openalex.org/W2361529362","https://openalex.org/W2514273129","https://openalex.org/W2514423060","https://openalex.org/W2517053526","https://openalex.org/W2586233078","https://openalex.org/W2611804663","https://openalex.org/W2617043753","https://openalex.org/W2795612311","https://openalex.org/W2895163900","https://openalex.org/W2939724256","https://openalex.org/W2964076502","https://openalex.org/W2991649730","https://openalex.org/W3010856131","https://openalex.org/W4300076045","https://openalex.org/W648501265"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4376482197","https://openalex.org/W4295918990","https://openalex.org/W4281988136","https://openalex.org/W3175215928","https://openalex.org/W2243231242","https://openalex.org/W2187337904","https://openalex.org/W1978910953","https://openalex.org/W1978406750","https://openalex.org/W1968494916","https://openalex.org/W1888619389"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"The":[1,32,209],"availability":[2,34],"of":[3,14,35,86,95,130,172,175,185,196],"effective":[4,133],"test":[5,20,30,40,45,56,110,134,138,145,152,186,203],"suites":[6,46,204],"is":[7,78],"critical":[8],"for":[9,38,126],"the":[10,87,96,114,127,151,173,176,182,190,218,222,242,261],"development":[11],"and":[12,28,63,66,84,132,144,160,165,202,225,231,260],"maintenance":[13],"reliable":[15],"software":[16,22,36,97,200,214],"systems.":[17],"To":[18],"increase":[19],"effectiveness,":[21],"developers":[23],"tend":[24],"to":[25,50,107,228],"employ":[26],"larger":[27,29],"suites.":[31],"recent":[33],"tools":[37],"automatic":[39,128],"generation":[41,129],"makes":[42],"building":[43],"large":[44,55],"affordable,":[47],"therefore":[48,67],"contributing":[49],"accelerating":[51],"this":[52,120],"trend.":[53],"However,":[54],"suites,":[57,135],"though":[58],"more":[59,92,232,249],"effective,":[60],"are":[61],"resources":[62],"time":[64],"consuming":[65],"cannot":[68],"be":[69],"executed":[70],"frequently.":[71],"Reducing":[72],"them":[73],"without":[74],"decreasing":[75],"code":[76,116,141,192],"coverage":[77,142,193],"a":[79,91,102,109,123,156,166],"needed":[80],"compromise":[81],"between":[82],"efficiency":[83],"effectiveness":[85],"test,":[88],"hence":[89],"enabling":[90],"regular":[93],"check":[94],"under":[98,239],"development.":[99],"We":[100,118,180],"propose":[101],"novel":[103],"approach,":[104],"namely":[105],"REDUNET,":[106],"reduce":[108],"suite":[111,139,146,153],"while":[112],"keeping":[113],"same":[115,191],"coverage.":[117],"integrate":[119],"approach":[121,149,220],"in":[122,194],"complete":[124],"framework":[125],"efficient":[131],"which":[136,169],"includes":[137],"generation,":[140],"analysis,":[143],"reduction.":[147],"Our":[148],"formulates":[150],"reduction":[154,230,235,246],"as":[155],"set":[157,184],"cover":[158],"problem":[159],"applies":[161],"integer":[162,256],"linear":[163,257],"programming":[164,258],"network-based":[167],"optimisation,":[168],"takes":[170],"advantage":[171],"properties":[174],"control":[177],"flow":[178],"graph.":[179],"find":[181],"optimal":[183,223],"cases":[187],"that":[188,217],"keeps":[189],"fractions":[195],"seconds":[197],"on":[198,211,236],"real":[199,213],"projects":[201],"generated":[205],"automatically":[206],"by":[207],"Randoop.":[208],"results":[210],"ten":[212],"systems":[215,238],"show":[216],"proposed":[219],"finds":[221],"minimisation":[224],"achieves":[226],"up":[227],"90%":[229],"than":[233,250,254],"50%":[234],"all":[237],"analysis.":[240],"On":[241],"largest":[243],"project":[244],"our":[245],"algorithm":[247],"performs":[248],"three":[251],"times":[252],"faster":[253],"both":[255],"alone":[259],"state-of-the-art":[262],"heuristic":[263],"Harrold":[264],"Gupta":[265],"Soffa.":[266]},"cited_by_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=cites:W3096340326","counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-01-22T11:18:24.177422","created_date":"2020-11-09"}