To request a copy, send email to Rick Kuhn - kuhn@nist.gov.  

This software is provided free of charge and will remain free in the future.  NIST is an agency of the US Government.
Please Note:  Prior to Feb 09, the name "FireEye" was used for the ACTS tool. Some papers and articles on the site
refer to FireEye; this is the same tool now called ACTS.

Who uses our combinatorial testing tool?  We have approximately 200 users as of July 2009, in IT, defense, finance,
telecom, and many other industries.  Here is a breakdown of our user base.  

User Feedback
Users have been very positive, and are applying ACTS to a wide variety of software.

•  "At present I am working with a development team to enable automated testing of a complex 
  rating algorithm under development within a property/casualty insurance system. The system 
  component under test accepts several hundred independent input variables which are used 
  to produce rating factors as output.  I have had some opportunity to use [NIST-ACTS] as a 
  means to calculate test coverage and identify missing test cases in our current population of 
  test data. I'm pleased to report that the combinatorial coverage data has proven useful to us 
  in identifying gaps. Eventually, I would like to use this data to extend our test coverage as 
  well -- at coverage strength 3 we're producing a volume of test cases that should be 
  manageable when paired with automated test data generation. I can also foresee other uses 
  which would pair automated testing tools with [NIST-ACTS] output to improve our test 
  coverage for other systems."
   

•       "The tool is pretty easy to use, and has already reduced our planned number of tests by 20% or so."

• "Nice... the XML configuration can be used for both CLI and application."

• "Our feedback on [NIST-ACTS] is extremely positive. The tool implement in a very efficient 
  way the algorithm of N-Wise reduction we were looking at. In fact, we would be interested 
  in including your technology in our tool [ ]."

• "[NIST-ACTS] is a good application. It was easy to figure out and use. ... I would use this 
  application again." 

• ""I've fund it Preintuitive and greatly helped to reduce the test size. I'll continue to use this tool at 
  next opportunity." 

•  "I think that [NIST-ACTS] has been very helpful in determining test coverage for simple test 
  cases with lots of variables." 

• " Not only does [NIST-ACTS] handle phenomenal combinatorial complexity without breaking 
  a sweat, it is also very easy and straightforward to use.   The user interface is very well thought 
  out, intuitive, and delightfully uncluttered. "