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'''Boundary value analysis''' is a [[software testing]] technique in which tests are designed to include representatives of boundary values in a range.

== Description ==

The idea comes from the boundary. Given that we have a set of test vectors to test the system, a topology can be defined on that set. Those inputs which belong to the same equivalence class as defined by the equivalence partitioning theory would constitute the basis. Given that the basis sets are neighbors, there would exist a boundary between them. The test vectors on either side of the boundary are called boundary values.

In practice this would require that the test vectors can be ordered, and that the individual parameters follows some kind of order (either partial order or total order).

== See also ==

* [[Software testing]]
* [[Test case]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary-value_analysis Boundary value analysis] @ Wikipedia


[[Category:Computer science]]