Context Since the introduction of evidence-based software engineering in 2004, systematic
literature review (SLR) has been increasingly used as a method for conducting secondary …

Context The web has had a significant impact on all aspects of our society. As our society
relies more and more on the web, the dependability of web applications has become …

CONTEXT: The Web has had a significant impact on all aspects of our society. As our
society relies more and more on the Web, the dependability of web applications has become …

In this dissertation we report on our main research contributions dealing with Model-Based
Testing of Dynamic and Distributed Real-Time Systems, performed during the last ten years …

Context As a result of automated software testing, large amounts of software test code
(script) are usually developed by software teams. Automated test scripts provide many …

Context: Modern software development increasingly relies on software testing for an ever
more frequent delivery of high quality software. This puts high demands on the quality of the …

CONTEXT: Quality assurance effort, especially testing effort, is often a major cost factor
during software development, which sometimes consumes more than 50% of the overall …

Web service is a widely used implementation technique under the paradigm of Service-
Oriented Architecture (SOA). A service-based system is subjected to continuous evolution …

CONTEXT: Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) have emerged as a new paradigm to
develop interoperable and highly dynamic applications. OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to …

Context: We have been undertaking a series of case studies to investigate the value of
mapping (scoping) studies in software engineering. Our previous studies have assessed …