April 2025 – We are excited to announce that the paper “Towards Continuous Integration for Combinatorial Testing” by Manuel Leithner, Jovan Zivanovic, Reinhard Kugler, and Dimitris E. Simos has been accepted for presentation at the 14th International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing (IWCT 2025).
About the Research
Combinatorial testing (CT) is a powerful technique for detecting software faults by systematically exploring interactions between input parameters. However, integrating CT into modern Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines remains a challenge.
This work, conducted by researchers from SBA Research, explores how combinatorial testing can be seamlessly incorporated into CI workflows, enabling faster and more efficient defect detection in evolving software systems. The paper introduces novel methodologies and tools to automate CT within CI environments, reducing manual effort while maintaining high test coverage.
Key Contributions
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Automated CT Integration: A framework for embedding combinatorial testing into CI/CD pipelines.
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Efficiency Improvements: Optimizations to reduce computational overhead while preserving test effectiveness.
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Case Studies: Real-world applications demonstrating the feasibility and benefits of the approach.
Why This Matters
As software development cycles accelerate, traditional testing methods struggle to keep up. By integrating combinatorial testing into CI/CD, developers can detect complex interaction faults earlier, improving software reliability without slowing down deployment.
Looking Ahead
The paper will be presented at IWCT 2025, a premier event for researchers and practitioners in combinatorial testing. We congratulate the authors on this achievement and look forward to seeing their work advance the field.
For more details, stay tuned for the official proceedings or reach out to the authors via SBA Research’s website.