Random Input Testing using R

Main points:

• standard software testing asks if we get the right answer to a particular problem
• an alternative is to generate random problems and try to infer problems
• this can more thoroughly test the space of problems
• random input testing can be fun

annotated slides (pdf)

Presented 2011 August at useR!2011.

Going further

There is a bit more on this in Tao Te Programming.