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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Kenneth Michael Ashcraft, Meadow Vista, CA (US);
Flavio Alvarenga Bergamaschi, Southampton, GB;
Viktors Bertsis, Austin, TX (US);
Erin Christine Burke, Napa, CA (US);
Duy Huynh, Adelphi, MA (US);
Santhosh Rao, Austin, TX (US);
Duc J. Vianney, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peter Wai Yee Wong, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth Michael Ashcraft, Meadow Vista, CA (US);
Flavio Alvarenga Bergamaschi, Southampton, GB;
Viktors Bertsis, Austin, TX (US);
Erin Christine Burke, Napa, CA (US);
Duy Huynh, Adelphi, MA (US);
Santhosh Rao, Austin, TX (US);
Duc J. Vianney, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peter Wai Yee Wong, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system to minimize to redundancy in testing a new software system by utilizing a knowledge base is provided. The knowledge base may be represented in a form of a decision tree including leaf nodes which store previously tested optimal configurations. When the knowledge base does not contain an optimal configuration for the new software, an optimal solution for the new software system may be determined by adding a further decision tree branch to the initial decision tree. A desirable tree branch may be selected from a table including a predetermined set of desirable tree branches for each category of software. As a result, the number of solutions to be tested on the input software may be limited and cost and effort to run redundant tests on a software system may be reduced.