A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps
A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps
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10.1049/sfw2.12123
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2023-03
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Liming Nie;K. Said;Lingfei Ma;Yaowen Zheng;Yangyang Zhao
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作者：
Liming Nie;K. Said;Lingfei Ma;Yaowen Zheng;Yangyang Zhao
具有经过测试的图形用户界面（GUI）的移动的应用程序在应用程序商店中的下载量往往更高。近年来，关于移动的应用程序GUI测试的研究领域和研究现状的分析较少，这给理解和理解这一领域带来了障碍。在这项研究中，作者提出了一个系统的映射研究，以深入了解该领域。首先，作者对七个流行的数字图书馆的相关文献进行了广泛的搜索。从4427项候选研究中，选择了2011年1月至2022年9月期间发表的114项主要研究。其次，作者从文献计量学和定性分析的角度对这些初步研究进行了分析。在文献计量分析方面，首先分析了当前的研究热点及其相互关系。第二，研究作者群体。在定性分析中，作者分析了这些初步研究中使用的目标、方法和评价指标。他们的调查报告了几个主要发现：（1）关于两个主题的研究相对较多，即测试用例生成和自动化测试;（2）最富有成效的作者倾向于合作，并且通常具有相对广泛的研究兴趣;（3）功能是GUI测试的主要目标;基于模型的方法使用最广泛。
Mobile apps with tested Graphical User Interface (GUI) tend to have higher downloads in the apps store. In recent years, few efforts were made to analyse the research community and research status of the literature for GUI testing on mobile apps, which brings an obstacle to characterise and understand this field. In this study, the authors propose a systematic mapping study to gain insights into the field. First, the authors conduct an extensive search of relevant literature over seven popular digital libraries. From 4427 candidate studies, 114 primary studies published between January 2011 and September 2022 were selected. Next, the authors analyse these primary studies from the perspectives of bibliometric and qualitative analysis. For the bibliometric analysis, first, the authors analyse the popular research topics and their relationships. Second, the authors study the authors' community. For the qualitative analysis, the authors analyse the objectives, approaches and evaluation metrics employed in these primary studies. Their investigation reports several major findings: (1) there are relatively more studies on two topics, that is, test case generation and the automated test; (2) the most productive authors tend to collaborate and often have relatively broad research interests; (3) the functionality is the main objective of GUI testing; the model‐based approach is the most widely used.