Obstacles and opportunities in deploying model-based GUI testing of mobile software: A survey

Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 313-341

  Janicki, Marek ^a   Katara, Mika ^b   Pääkkönen, Tuula ^c  

^a NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

GUI testing; model based testing; survey

Indexed keywords

FINLAND; GUI TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ADOPTION; MOBILE SOFTWARES; MODEL BASED TESTING; MODEL CREATION; PILOT PROJECTS; TESTING TECHNIQUE;

SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84863727132     PISSN: 09600833     EISSN: 10991689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stvr.460     Document Type: Review

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