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We consider the problem of generating relevant execution traces to test rich interactive applications. Rich interactive applications, such as apps on mobile platforms, are complex stateful and often distributed systems where sufficiently…

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Graphically-rich applications such as games are ubiquitous with attractive visual effects of Graphical User Interface (GUI) that offers a bridge between software applications and end-users. However, various types of graphical glitches may…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-09-24 Ke Chen , Yufei Li , Yingfeng Chen , Changjie Fan , Zhipeng Hu , Wei Yang

The functionality of many mobile applications is dependent on various contextual, external factors. Depending on unforeseen scenarios, mobile apps can even malfunction or crash. In this paper, we have introduced MobiCoMonkey - automated…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Amit Seal Ami , Md. Mehedi Hasan , Md. Rayhanur Rahman , Kazi Sakib

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and DeepSeek are transforming software engineering by automating key tasks, including code generation, testing, and debugging. As these models become integral to development…

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The emergent large language/multimodal models facilitate the evolution of mobile agents, especially in mobile UI task automation. However, existing evaluation approaches, which rely on human validation or established datasets to compare…

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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has advanced software engineering tasks but remains underexplored in unit test generation. To bridge this gap, we investigate the efficacy of RAG-based unit test generation for machine learning (ML/DL)…

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Manual testing, as a complement to automated GUI testing, is the last line of defense for app quality especially in spotting usability and accessibility issues. However, the repeated actions and easy missing of some functionalities make…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Zhe Liu , Chunyang Chen , Junjie Wang , Yuhui Su , Qing Wang

The rapid proliferation and increasing complexity of software demand robust quality assurance, with graphical user interface (GUI) testing playing a pivotal role. Crowdsourced testing has proven effective in this context by leveraging the…

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to significantly enhance threat intelligence by automating the collection, preprocessing, and analysis of threat data. However, the usability of these tools is critical to ensure their…

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Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread integration into mobile software applications have received significant attention, highlighting the growing prominence of AI capabilities in modern software systems.…

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A playtest is the process in which human testers are recruited to play video games and to reveal software bugs. Manual testing is expensive and time-consuming, especially when there are many mobile games to test and every software version…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Yan Zhao , Weihao Zhang , Enyi Tang , Haipeng Cai , Xi Guo , Na Meng

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, into software engineering workflows has shown potential to enhance productivity, particularly in software testing. This paper investigates whether LLM…

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed human-machine interaction since ChatGPT's 2022 debut, with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) emerging as a key framework that enhances LLM outputs by integrating external knowledge. However,…

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Modern software development pipelines face growing challenges in securing large codebases with extensive dependencies. Static analysis tools like Bandit are effective at vulnerability detection but suffer from high false positives and lack…

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Mobile GUI agents are becoming critical tools to improve user experience on smart devices, with multimodal large language models (MLLMs) emerging as the dominant paradigms in this domain. Current agents, however, rely on explicit human…

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The diversity of web configuration interfaces for IoT devices has exacerbated issues such as inadequate permission controls and insecure interfaces, resulting in various vulnerabilities. Owing to the varying interface configurations across…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Jiahui Xiang , Lirong Fu , Tong Ye , Peiyu Liu , Huan Le , Liming Zhu , Wenhai Wang

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is how users interact with mobile apps. To ensure it functions properly, testing engineers have to make sure it functions as intended, based on test requirements that are typically written in natural…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Yongxiang Hu , Xuan Wang , Yingchuan Wang , Yu Zhang , Shiyu Guo , Chaoyi Chen , Xin Wang , Yangfan Zhou

There is an increasing amount of research and commercial tools for automated test case generation using Large Language Models (LLMs). This paper critically examines whether recent LLM-based test generation tools, such as Codium CoverAgent…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Noble Saji Mathews , Meiyappan Nagappan

Bug triaging, the task of assigning new issues to developers, is often slow and inconsistent in large projects. We present a lightweight framework that instruction-tuned large language model (LLM) with LoRA adapters and uses…

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