MobiGUITAR: Automated Model-Based Testing of Mobile Apps

IEEE Software

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 53-59

  Amalfitano, Domenico ^a   Fasolino, Anna Rita ^a   Tramontana, Porfirio ^a   Ta, Bryan Dzung ^b   Memon, Atif M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Android apps; android testing; GUI testing; MobiGUITAR; mobile apps; software engineering; software testing

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AUTOMATIC TEST PATTERN GENERATION; AUTOMATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MOBILE DEVICES; MODEL CHECKING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; USER INTERFACES;

ANDROID APPS; AUTOMATED MODELING; AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED; GUI TESTING; MOBIGUITAR; MOBILE APPS; STATE MACHINE MODELS; TEST COVERAGE CRITERIA;

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM);

EID: 84940398128     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2014.55     Document Type: Article

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