Automated Testing of Generic Computational Science Libraries

The design and maintenance of large computational science systems can be aided greatly by the use of generic computational science libraries. The objectoriented design of software using a generic library presents many advantages over non-object-oriented or non-generic based software design. However, the testing of generic libraries involves some unique issues not usually faced during the testing of non-generic libraries. This paper will describe these testing issues as they pertain to libraries designed using C++ templates. A proposed solution to these issues using a usage model-based automated testing framework will be presented.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Kirk Sayre, Jesse H. Poore
• Keywords: Biometrics, Computational Science Libraries, Generic Libraries, HICSS 2007, Non-generic Libraries, System Sciences