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Architecture Based Reliability and Testing Estimation for Mobile Applications

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Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems (IMTIC 2008)

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We propose an architecture-based testing and reliability framework for mobile applications. During our literature study, we explored some of the software testing and reliability techniques available, as well as investigating the techniques that are being used by industry. This paper presents case studies of two companies that are developing mobile applications. These are helpful for finding the strengths and weaknesses of existing software testing and reliability techniques. In light of these strengths and weaknesses, we propose a framework of architecture-based software testing and reliability estimation for mobile applications.

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  1. Department of Systems and Software Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Vickey Wadhwani & M. Muzaffar Hameed

  2. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Fiaz Memon

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  1. Department of Software Engineering & Media Technology, Aalborg University, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    D. M. Akbar Hussain

  2. Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput

  3. Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering, Mehran UET, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

  4. Learning Societies Lab, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

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Wadhwani, V., Memon, F., Hameed, M.M. (2008). Architecture Based Reliability and Testing Estimation for Mobile Applications. In: Hussain, D.M.A., Rajput, A.Q.K., Chowdhry, B.S., Gee, Q. (eds) Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems. IMTIC 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89853-5_9

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