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Software testing is an important phase in the software development life-cycle because it helps in identifying bugs in a software system before it is shipped into the hand of its end users. There are numerous studies on how developers test…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Luis Cruz , Rui Abreu , David Lo

Large language models are redefining software engineering by implementing AI-powered techniques throughout the whole software development process, including requirement gathering, software architecture, code generation, testing, and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Malik Abdul Sami , Muhammad Waseem , Zeeshan Rasheed , Mika Saari , Kari Systä , Pekka Abrahamsson

Modern software systems undergo frequent updates, continuously evolving with new versions and variants to offer new features, improve functionality, and expand usability. Given the rapid pace of software evolution, organizations require…

Nowadays, we are witnessing a wide adoption of Machine learning (ML) models in many safety-critical systems, thanks to recent breakthroughs in deep learning and reinforcement learning. Many people are now interacting with systems based on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-12-07 Houssem Ben Braiek , Foutse Khomh

The software development process is considered as one of the key guidelines in the creation of said software and this approach is necessary for providing a more efficient yet satisfactory output. Without separation of work into distinct…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Alya Hannah Ahmad Kamal , Caryn Chuah Yi Yen , Gan Jia Hui , Pang Sze Ling , Fatima-tuz-Zahra

Research software is often developed by individual researchers or small teams in parallel to their research work. The more people and research projects rely on the software in question, the more important it is that software updates…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Robert Mischke , Kathrin Schaffert , Dominik Schneider , Alexander Weinert

Driven by new software development processes and testing in clouds, system and integration testing nowadays tends to produce enormous number of alarms. Such test alarms lay an almost unbearable burden on software testing engineers who have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-03-03 He Jiang , Xiaochen Li , Zijiang Yang , Jifeng Xuan

Critical software systems face stringent requirements in safety, security, and reliability due to the circumstances surrounding their operation. Safety and security have progressively gained importance over the years due to the integration…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-12-16 Julio Escribano-Barreno , Marisol García-Valls

Testing is an essential quality activity in the software development process. Usually, a software system is tested on several levels, starting with unit testing that checks the smallest parts of the code until acceptance testing, which is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Lucas Neves , Oscar Campos , Robson Santos , Italo Santos , Cleyton Magalhaes , Ronnie de Souza Santos

Evaluating Software testability can assist software managers in optimizing testing budgets and identifying opportunities for refactoring. In this paper, we abandon the traditional approach of pursuing testability measurements based on the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Luca Guglielmo , Andrea Riboni , Giovanni Denaro

Test automation is important in software industry but self-assessment instruments for assessing its maturity are not sufficient. The two objectives of this study are to synthesize what an organization should focus to assess its test…

The pivotal role of testing in high-quality software production has driven a significant effort in evaluating and assessing testing practices. We explore the state of testing in a large industrial project over an extended period. We study…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Mohammad Ghafari , Markus Eggiman , Oscar Nierstrasz

The advent of Artificial intelligence has promising advantages that can be utilized to transform the landscape of software project development. The Software process framework consists of activities that constantly require routine human…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Mariyam Mahboob , Mohammed Rayyan Uddin Ahmed , Zoiba Zia , Mariam Shakeel Ali , Ayman Khaleel Ahmed

Software testing is a critical component in the software engineering field and is important for software engineering education. Thus, it is vital for academia to continuously improve and update educational methods to reflect the current…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Tuan-Phong Ngo , Bao-Ngoc Duong , Tuan-Anh Hoang , Joshua Dwight , Ushik Shrestha Khwakhali

Robotic systems are complex and safety-critical software systems. As such, they need to be tested thoroughly. Unfortunately, robot software is intrinsically hard to test compared to traditional software, mainly since the software needs to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Nils Chur , Thiago Santos de Moura , Argentina Ortega , Sven Peldszus , Thorsten Berger , Nico Hochgeschwender , Yannic Noller

A Large Language Model (LLM) represents a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model that generates coherent content, including grammatically precise sentences, human-like paragraphs, and syntactically accurate code snippets. LLMs can play…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Robson Santos , Italo Santos , Cleyton Magalhaes , Ronnie de Souza Santos

To improve the reliability and efficiency of Web Software, the Testing Team should be creative and innovative. The experience and intuition of Tester also matters a lot and most often the destructive nature of Tester brings reliable…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Kamran Ali , Xia Xiaoling

Software testing plays a critical role in ensuring that systems behave as intended. However, existing automated testing approaches struggle to match the capabilities of human engineers due to key limitations such as test locality, lack of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Kangping Xu , Yifan Luo , Yang Yuan , Andrew Chi-Chih Yao

Smart TV application (app) is a new technological software app that can deal with smart TV devices to add more functionality and features. Despite its importance nowadays, far too little attention has been paid to present a systematic…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Bestoun S. Ahmed , Angelo Gargantini , Miroslav Bures

Logs are semi-structured text generated by logging statements in software source code. In recent decades, software logs have become imperative in the reliability assurance mechanism of many software systems because they are often the only…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Shilin He , Pinjia He , Zhuangbin Chen , Tianyi Yang , Yuxin Su , Michael R. Lyu