An evaluation approach for the program of association rules algorithm based on metamorphic relations

As data mining more and more popular applied in computer system, the quality assurance test of its software would be get more and more attention. However, because of the existence of the ‘oracle’ problem, the traditional test method is not ease fit for the application program in the field of the data mining. In this paper, based on metamorphic testing, a software testing method is proposed in the field of the data mining, makes an association rules algorithm as the specific case, and constructs the metamorphic relation on the algorithm. Experiences show that the method can achieve the testing target and is feasible to apply to other domain.