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What are the reasons not to use random values in unittests? [duplicate]
I've read the questions regarding the use of random values in unit-tests and, well, I still don't quite understand what the argument against random values is.
I'm trying to understand because I've had ...
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Unit testing Markov chain code
What are the best ways to unit test code that outputs random sequences satisfying specific conditions, such as Markov chains?
Let's be specific. There are two natural things to test:
That the initial ...
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Testing a function that uses random number generator
I have a method which is a part of the interface I am implementing. This method calls another private method which uses a random number generator to produce output and returns it to the calling method....
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Test Driven Development for Stochastic algorithms?
this is similar, but no the same as this post, which was the closest question I could find on this. I don't even see that answer as satisfactory for the question asked in that thread let alone TDD. ...
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What are best practices for testing programs with stochastic behavior?
Doing R&D work, I often find myself writing programs that have some large degree of randomness in their behavior. For example, when I work in Genetic Programming, I often write programs that ...
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How should I test randomness?
Consider a method to randomly shuffle elements in an array. How would you write a simple yet robust unit test to make sure that this is working?
I've come up with two ideas, both of which have ...
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Unit-testing of inherently random/non-deterministic algorithms
My current project, succinctly, involves the creation of "constrainably-random events". I'm basically generating a schedule of inspections. Some of them are based on strict schedule constraints; you ...
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Unit testing methods with indeterminate output
I have a class that is meant to generate a random password of a length that's also random, but limited to be between a defined min and max length.
I'm constructing unit tests, and ran into an ...
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