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Many test case prioritization techniques have been proposed with the ultimate goal of speeding up failure detection. In particular, prioritizing based on history has proven to be an effective strategy. Examining the effectiveness of history-based ...

Exploratory testing is an experience-based testing technique often used in addition to formal ones. However, it can be used as a replacement for formal techniques when time is limited and/or documentation is poor. Conducting test charters and ...

Dynamic regression test selection (RTS) techniques aim to minimize testing efforts by selecting tests using per-test execution traces. However, most existing RTS techniques are not applicable to microservice-based, or, more generally, distributed ...

Manual software testing is tedious and costly as it involves significant human effort. Yet, it is still widely applied in industry and will be in the foreseeable future. Although there is arguably a great need for optimization of manual testing ...

Software testing is not a purely technical, but rather socio-technical activity. Although there are a few studies on this topic, to the best of our knowledge there is a lack of research focusing specifically on skills, in particular soft skills needed ...

Developing software with high quality is challenging in distributed software development. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the testing skills and tools required in the ever-changing world of global software engineering, according to ...

Software test processes are complex and costly. To reduce testing effort without compromising effectiveness and product quality, automation of test activities has been adopted as a popular approach in software industry. However, because test automation ...

Online interactions have rapidly become the main channel of communication as greater inclusiveness creates efficiencies for both the private and public sectors. In Europe, almost three-quarters of the population is now regularly using the Internet. But ...

To execute system tests, two fundamentally different execution techniques exist: manual and automated execution. For each system test suite, one must decide how to employ those techniques (this strategy is called execution mode). Despite general ...

Software test processes are complex and costly. To reduce testing effort without compromising effectiveness and product quality, automation of test activities has been adopted as a popular approach in software industry. However, since test automation ...

Manual regression testing can be a time-intensive and costly activity. Required efforts can be reduced by selecting only the tests for re-testing that verify actually modified system parts. However, if testers are not familiar with the system ...

BACKGROUND: Software testing can be an arduous and expensive activity. A typical activity to maximise testing productivity is to allocate test cases according to the testers' profile. However, optimising the allocation of manual test cases is not a ...

Search-based testing techniques can efficiently generate test data to achieve high code coverage. However, when the fitness function does not provide sufficient guidance, the search will only generate optimal results by chance. Yet, where the search ...

Testing is a major cost factor in software development. Test automation has been proposed as one solution to reduce these costs. Test automation tools promise to increase the number of tests they run and the frequency at which they run them. So why not ...