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BACKGROUND

0002 Software testing often refers to a process of execut ing a program or application in order to find Software errors, ie bugs, which reside in the product. In more general terms, software testing may be performed to validate the software against the design requirements thereof and to find the asso ciated flaws and peculiarities. Both functional and non-func tional design requirements may be evaluated. Yet, the tests may be executed at unit, integration, system, and system integration levels, for instance. Testing may be seen as a part of the quality assurance of the tested entity. 0003 Traditionally, testing of software and related prod ucts, such as network elements and terminals in the context of communication systems, has been a tedious process provid ing somewhat dubious results. Main portion of the overall testing process has been conducted manually incorporating test planning, test execution …