Cloud testing for mobile software systems: Concept and prototyping

ICSOFT 2013 - Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 124-131

  Starov, Oleksii ^a   Vilkomir, Sergiy ^a   Kharchenko, Vyacheslav ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Android; Cloud testing; Mobile systems; TaaS; Testing framework

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; CLOUD TESTING; MOBILE SYSTEMS; TAAS; TESTING FRAMEWORK;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; MOBILE DEVICES;

ABILITY TESTING;

EID: 84887048614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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