Connie Stout Dunbar

US Patent:

20050229043, Oct 13, 2005

Filed:

Mar 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/811789

Inventors:

William Nasuti - Cary NC, US
Connie Dunbar - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

G06F011/00

US Classification:

714038000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for evaluating the testing of a computer program wherein a test automator generates code to test the computer program with respect to predetermined testing criteria. A test results analyst reviews test results generated by applying the code to test the computer program. The environments of a test automator and a test analyst are separated, thereby relieving a test results analyst from being required to have knowledge of the code that was used to test the computer program.

US Patent:

20220308989, Sep 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun 15, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/840745

Inventors:

- Cary NC, US
Connie Stout Dunbar - Wake Forest NC, US
David Bruce Elsheimer - Clayton NC, US
Gregory Scott Dunbar - Wake Forest NC, US
Joshua David Griffin - Harrisburg NC, US
Yan Gao - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/36

Abstract:

A computing device selects new test configurations for testing software. (A) First test configurations are generated using a random seed value. (B) Software under test is executed with the first test configurations to generate a test result for each. (C) Second test configurations are generated from the first test configurations and the test results generated for each. (D) The software under test is executed with the second test configurations to generate the test result for each. (E) When a restart is triggered based on a distance metric value computed between the second test configurations, a next random seed value is selected as the random seed value and (A) through (E) are repeated. (F) When the restart is not triggered, (C) through (F) are repeated until a stop criterion is satisfied. (G) When the stop criterion is satisfied, the test result is output for each test configuration.