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Elements of MBT - Part 3 – Actions and Action Parameters
In the last 2 posts we have looked at what we mean by a model of a system and defined what States and State Variables are. In this post we'll look into Actions and Action Parameters. We can define an Action as something that modifies or exercises the Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:45 PM by nihitk | 1 Comments

Elements of MBT - Part 2 – States and State Variables
This is a continuation of the Elements of MBT series of posts which I started last time with Part 1 and covered what is meant by a model of a software system. In this post I shall be covering additional concepts which you will need to know to gain a better Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:52 PM by nihitk | 5 Comments

Elements of MBT - Part 1 - What is a model?
In this series of "Elements of MBT" posts, I will be covering some basic concepts used when trying to build models of software systems for use in Model Based Testing . The aim is to give an explanation of the various elements involved in defining a model Read More...

Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 5:54 PM by nihitk | 2 Comments

Model for Getting Drunk
You know your team members are really catching onto this whole model-based way of thinking when they pull your leg over a few drinks in a bar and say (tongue in cheek): "So Nihit, the ' Action ' of having this drink will take me from a ' Sober ' state Read More...

Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 5:35 PM by nihitk | 2 Comments

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Model Based Testing – The Yellow Brick Road
The future was here – now it’s the past. I am, however, wiser about the ways-of-the-model-based world. Still taking baby steps really, but starting to stand up on my feet. The real-world turned out to be a whole different ball-game from what I had envisioned Read More...

Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 6:04 PM by nihitk | 1 Comments

Pesticide Paradox
Just posted an article on the Pesticide Paradox and how Model Based Testing can help alleviate that problem. Among others things Terrarium 1.2 seems to have been released. I have been wanting to create an organism and play with Terrarium for some time Read More...

Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 7:03 PM by nihitk | 0 Comments

Pesticide Paradox
In this article I will be attempting to explain one of the biggest (or what I feel is the biggest) drawback of traditional automation testing – the phenomenon of product code becoming more resistant to the test code and resulting in less bugs being Read More...

Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 6:51 PM by nihitk | 3 Comments

Model Based Testing - The future is here!
Not sure if my article on Model Based Testing warranted an article or not (am not sure when exactly does a post qualify as an article - anyone know of any guidelines?), but I did put it up, partly because I wanted to try out the Article section of the Read More...

Posted Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:47 PM by nihitk | 3 Comments

Model Based Testing – An Introduction
In this article I will attempt to give a brief overview of Model Based Testing (MBT) and provide links to help you dig in for more details. I have been increasingly getting more and more fascinated (obsessed?) with this paradigm, which I believe holds Read More...

Posted Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:28 PM by nihitk | 25 Comments

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