Green-J $$^{3}$$ 3 Model: a novel approach to measure energy consumption of modified condition/decision coverage using concolic testing

Abstract

The power and energy consumption of computer systems have posed challenges to the environment. Few researchers focused on energy consumption of software, some have measured the energy consumption of hardware. Software energy consumption deals with amount of power consumed over time for a particular software. We know that, software testing is now moving towards automation. We use different testing tools to perform testing on programs and software. We propose our approach in regards to contribute in the field of Green Software Testing. Modified condition/decision coverage and concolic testing are very critical practices in Aerospace and Nuclear safety critical systems. However, these methodologies do not take into consideration the amount of energy and power consumptions, which is an important issue in Green Software Testing. In this article, we propose an energy consumption analysis for modified condition/decision coverage using concolic testing. We have developed a testing tool called Green-J\(^{3}\) Model (Green-JPCT JCUTE JCA Model). Our experimentation with forty-five Java programs shows that our approach makes on an average 21.32% increase in modified condition / decision coverage. Green-J\(^{3}\) Model consumes 747.51 kJ of energy for forty-five programs.