Context: Artificial intelligence (AI) methods and models have extensively been applied to
support different phases of the software development lifecycle, including software testing …

The advancements in the technology landscape and software development in recent years
mandate paying attention to Software Quality Assurance (SQA) because it is becoming …

Acceptance testing is crucial to determine whether a system fulfills end-user requirements.
However, the creation of acceptance tests is a laborious task entailing two major …

A smart contract is a pivotal notion in blockchain technology. Distributed applications contain
smart contracts verifying the fulfillment of the conditions, which determine the execution of …

As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, its failures may have dramatic consequences on the
lives of people who depend on it. Yet, it is hard to test IoT systems before they are deployed …

Background: Various works investigated microservice anti-patterns and bad smells in the
past few years. We identified seven secondary publications that summarize these, but they …

Context: Double-counting in a literature review occurs when the same data, population, or
evidence is erroneously counted multiple times during synthesis. Detecting and mitigating …

Background: Systematic literature studies (SLS) have become a core research methodology
in Evidence-based Software Engineering (EBSE). Search completeness, ie, finding all …

A test case is a cornerstone of the testing process; hence, it is quintessential to ensure the
quality of the test cases. However, test case design in the Agile testing process has …

Software becomes an essential part of our lives because of the required automation in every
field. A software requirement plays an important role in its development. In Requirement …