Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study

Interaction testing can be used to effectively detect faults that are otherwise difficult to find by other testing techniques. However, in practice, the input configurations of software systems are subjected to constraints, especially in the case of highly configurable systems. Handling constraints...

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Main Authors:	Ahmed, Bestoun S., Kamal Z., Zamli, Afzal, Wasif, Bures, Miroslav
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Published:	IEEE 2017
Subjects:	QA76 Computer software
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spelling	ump-190972017-11-16T08:10:08Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19097/ Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study Ahmed, Bestoun S. Kamal Z., Zamli Afzal, Wasif Bures, Miroslav QA76 Computer software Interaction testing can be used to effectively detect faults that are otherwise difficult to find by other testing techniques. However, in practice, the input configurations of software systems are subjected to constraints, especially in the case of highly configurable systems. Handling constraints effectively and efficiently in combinatorial interaction testing is a challenging problem. Nevertheless, researchers have attacked this challenge through different techniques, and much progress has been achieved in the past decade. Thus, it is useful to reflect on the current achievements and shortcomings and to identify potential areas of improvements. This paper presents the first comprehensive and systematic literature study to structure and categorize the research contributions for constrained interaction testing. Following the guidelines of conducting a literature study, the relevant data is extracted from a set of 103 research papers belonging to constrained interaction testing. The topics addressed in constrained interaction testing research are classified into four categories of constraint test generation, application, generation & application and model validation studies. The papers within each of these categories are extensively reviewed. Apart from answering several other research questions, this study also discusses the applications of constrained interaction testing in several domains such as software product lines, fault detection & characterization, test selection, security and GUI testing. The study ends with a discussion of limitations, challenges and future work in the area. IEEE 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19097/1/fskkp-2017-kamal-Constrained%20Interaction%20Testing.pdf Ahmed, Bestoun S. and Kamal Z., Zamli and Afzal, Wasif and Bures, Miroslav (2017) Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study. IEEE Access, PP (99). pp. 1-26. ISSN 2169-3536 https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2771562 doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2771562
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description	Interaction testing can be used to effectively detect faults that are otherwise difficult to find by other testing techniques. However, in practice, the input configurations of software systems are subjected to constraints, especially in the case of highly configurable systems. Handling constraints effectively and efficiently in combinatorial interaction testing is a challenging problem. Nevertheless, researchers have attacked this challenge through different techniques, and much progress has been achieved in the past decade. Thus, it is useful to reflect on the current achievements and shortcomings and to identify potential areas of improvements. This paper presents the first comprehensive and systematic literature study to structure and categorize the research contributions for constrained interaction testing. Following the guidelines of conducting a literature study, the relevant data is extracted from a set of 103 research papers belonging to constrained interaction testing. The topics addressed in constrained interaction testing research are classified into four categories of constraint test generation, application, generation & application and model validation studies. The papers within each of these categories are extensively reviewed. Apart from answering several other research questions, this study also discusses the applications of constrained interaction testing in several domains such as software product lines, fault detection & characterization, test selection, security and GUI testing. The study ends with a discussion of limitations, challenges and future work in the area.
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author	Ahmed, Bestoun S. Kamal Z., Zamli Afzal, Wasif Bures, Miroslav
author_facet	Ahmed, Bestoun S. Kamal Z., Zamli Afzal, Wasif Bures, Miroslav
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title	Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study
title_short	Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study
title_full	Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study
title_fullStr	Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study
title_full_unstemmed	Constrained Interaction Testing: A Systematic Literature Study
title_sort	constrained interaction testing: a systematic literature study
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2017
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