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ReTest: Framework for Applying TDD in the Development of Non-deterministic Algorithms

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Agile Methods (WBMA 2016)

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TDD is a technique traditionally applied in applications with deterministic algorithms, when you have a known input and an expected result. Therefore, the challenge is to implement this technique in applications with non-deterministic algorithms, specifically when several random choices need to be made during its execution. The purpose of this paper is to present the ReTest framework, a JUnit extension, that allows an extension of the TDD technique, to enable its use for the development of non-deterministic algorithms.

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  1. Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

    André A. S. Ivo

  2. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Eduardo M. Guerra

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  1. Universidade Federal de São Paulo , São José dos Campos, Brazil

    Tiago Silva da Silva

  2. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Bernardo Estácio

  3. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Josiane Kroll

  4. Universidade Federal do Paraná , Curitiba, Brazil

    Rafaela Mantovani Fontana

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Ivo, A.A.S., Guerra, E.M. (2017). ReTest: Framework for Applying TDD in the Development of Non-deterministic Algorithms. In: Silva da Silva, T., Estácio, B., Kroll, J., Mantovani Fontana, R. (eds) Agile Methods. WBMA 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 680. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55907-0_7

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