Automated pattern-based testing of mobile applications

Proceedings - 2014 9th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 294-299

  Morgado, Inês Coimbra ^a   Paiva, Ana C R ^a   Faria, João Pascoal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Android; Patterns; Reverse engineering; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM); MOBILE COMPUTING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; TESTING;

ANDROID; ANDROID APPLICATIONS; BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATTERNS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84921065033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QUATIC.2014.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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