id: 05967984
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an: 05967984
au: Runeson, Per; Heed, Per; Westrup, Alexander
ti: A factorial experimental evaluation of automated test input generation.
    Java platform testing in embedded devices.
so: Caivano, Danilo (ed.) et al., Product-focused software process improvement.
    12th international conference, PROFES 2011, Torre Canne, Italy, June
    20‒22, 2011. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN
    978-3-642-21842-2/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6759, 217-231
    (2011).
py: 2011
pu: Berlin: Springer
la: EN
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li: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21843-9_18
ab: Summary: Background. When delivering an embedded product, such as a mobile
    phone, third party products, like games, are often bundled with it in
    the form of Java MIDlets. To verify the compatibility between the
    runtime platform and the MIDlet is a labour-intensive task, if input
    data should be manually generated for thousands of MIDlets. Aim. In
    order to make the verification more efficient, we investigate four
    different automated input generation methods which do not require
    extensive modeling; random, feedback based, with and without a constant
    startup sequence. Method. We evaluate the methods in a factorial design
    experiment with manual input generation as a reference. One original
    experiment is run, and a partial replication. Result. The results show
    that the startup sequence gives good code coverage values for the
    selected MIDlets. The feedback method gives somewhat better code
    coverage than the random method, but requires real-time code coverage
    measurements, which decreases the run speed of the tests. Conclusion
    The random method with startup sequence is the best trade-off in the
    current setting.
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