The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) technology is expected to offer new promising
solutions in various domains and, consequently, impact many aspects of everyday life …

Effective and efficient testing of complex component based software systems is hard.
Isolated test cases that test isolated components are focused and efficient but are not …

Security and performance are critical nonfunctional requirements for software systems. Thus,
it is crucial to include verification activities during software development to identify defects …

In a growing number of domains, such as IoT for e-health and smart cities, the provisioning
of end-to-end services to the users depends on the proper interoperation of multiple …

Software testing is an essential activity in software development projects for delivering high
quality products. In a previous study, we reported the results of a survey of software …

Abstract Modern Distributed Real-Time Embedded (DRTE) systems are composed of
largescale, heterogeneous networks of software systems that constitute the backbone of …

Testing large distributed heterogenous systems in cloud environments is a complex task.
This situation becomes especially difficult when carrying out end-to-end tests, in which the …

Test Automation is essential to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and coverage of
software testing activities with reasonable effort which is required to keep up in a fast-paced …

Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the use of IoT devices. Nowadays, IoT
systems rely on device-to-device communication, based on a centralised server in the cloud …

To ensure interoperability and the correct behavior of heterogeneous distributed systems in
key scenarios, it is important to conduct automated integration tests, based on distributed …