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Conference Object Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 12Random Test Generation From Regular Expressions for Graphical User Interface (gui) Testing(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019) Kılınççeker, Onur; Silistre, Alper; Challenger, Moharram; Belli, FevziGeneration of test sequences, that is, (user) inputs - expected (system) outputs, is an important task of testing of graphical user interfaces (GUI). This work proposes an approach to randomly generate test sequences that might he used for comparison with existing GUI testing techniques to evaluate their efficiency. The proposed approach first models CUI under test by a finite state machine (FSM) and then converts it to a regular expression (RE). A tool based on a special technique we developed analyzes the RE to fulfill missing context information such as the position of a symbol in the RE. The result is a context table representing the RE. The proposed approach traverses the context table to generate the test sequences. To do this, the approach repeatedly selects a symbol in the table, starting from the initial symbol, in a random manner until reaching a special, finalizing symbol for constructing a test sequence. Thus, the approach uses a symbol coverage criterion to assess the adequacy of the test generation. To evaluate the approach, mutation testing is used. The proposed technique is to a great extent implemented and is available as a tool called PQ-Ran Test (PQ-analysis based Random Test Generation). A case study demonstrates the proposed approach and analyzes its effectiveness by mutation testing.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 5Community Detection in Model-Based Testing To Address Scalability: Study Design(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020) Silistre, Alper; Kılınççeker, Onur; Belli, Fevzi; Challenger, Moharram; Kardaş, GeylaniModel-based GUI testing has achieved widespread recognition in academy thanks to its advantages compared to code-based testing due to its potentials to automate testing and the ability to cover bigger parts more efficiently. In this study design paper, we address the scalability part of the model-based GUI testing by using community detection algorithms. A case study is presented as an example of possible improvements to make a model-based testing approach more efficient. We demonstrate layered ESG models as an example of our approach to consider the scalability problem. We present rough calculations with expected results, which show 9 times smaller time and space units for 100 events in the ESG model when a community detection algorithm is applied. © 2020 Polish Information Processing Society - as it is since 2011.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 8Models in Graphical User Interface Testing: Study Design(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020) Silistre, Alper; Kılınççeker, Onur; Belli, Fevzi; Challenger, Moharram; Kardaş, GeylaniModel-based GUI testing is an important concept in Software GUI testing. Manual testing is a time-consuming labor and heavily error-prone. It has several well-accepted models that Software Testing community has been working and contributing to them for many years. This paper reviews different models used in model-based GUI testing and presents a case study with a proposed approach for how to convert several well-accepted models to ESG (Event Sequence Graphs) to generate test cases and execute them with an aim to consolidate past and future works in a single model. © 2020 IEEE.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Mutation Operators for Decision Table-Based Contracts Used in Software Testing(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020) Khalilov, Abbas; Tuğlular, Tuğkan; Belli, FevziThe Design by Contract technique allows developers to improve source code with contracts, and testing using contracts helps to identify faults. However, the source code of the program under test is not always available. With black-box testing, it is possible to generate contracts from specifications of the software. In this paper, we apply mutation analysis on a model of a given specifications, where mutants are initially gained by applying proposed in this paper certain mutation operators on corresponding model, and then mutated specifications are examined. © 2020 IEEE.Article Model-Based Selective Layer-Centric Testing(Information Processing Society of Japan, 2018) Belli, Fevzi; Güler Dinçer, Nevin; Linschulte, Michael; Tuğlular, TuğkanModel-based testing of large systems usually requires decomposition of the model into hierarchical submodels for generating test sequences, which fulfills the goals of module testing, but not those of system testing. System testing requires test sequences be generated from a fully resolved model, which necessitates refining the toplevel model, that is, by replacing its elements with submodels they represent. If the depth of model hierarchy is high, the number of test sequences along with their length increases resulting in high test costs. For solving this conflict, a novel approach is introduced that generates test sequences based on the top-level model and replaces elements of these sequences by corresponding, optimized test sequences generated by the submodels. To compensate the shortcoming at test accuracy, the present approach selects components that have lowering impact on the overall system reliability. The objective is to increase the reliabilities of these critical components by intensive testing and appropriate correction which, as a consequence, also increases the overall reliability at less test effort without losing accuracy. An empirical study based on a large web-based commercial system is performed to validate the approach and analyze its characteristics, and to discuss its strengths and weaknesses. © 2018 Information Processing Society of Japan.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 3Towards Uniform Modeling and Holistic Testing of Hardware and Software(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019) Kılınççeker, Onur; Belli, FevziThis paper introduces an approach to uniform modeling and testing of hardware and software systems and their faults. As an example, for hardware under consideration, designs at a behavioral level will be used, implemented in Hardware Description Language (HDL). For software, an example will be borrowed from a graphical user interface design. Both examples will be modeled by finite state machines. The mutation of these models leads to lucid hardware and software fault models, respectively. Original models and their mutants will then be used to generate test cases for positive testing and negative testing, respectively, forming a holistic test strategy. A positive test is supposed to validate the system under legal (expected, regular) circumstances, whereas a negative test checks the behavior of the system under illegal (unexpected, irregular) situations. Non-trivial examples are used to validate and analyze the approach with respect to uniform modeling and testing capability. © 2019 IEEE.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 13Regular Expression Based Test Sequence Generation for Hdl Program Validation(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Kılınççeker, Onur; Türk, Ercüment; Challenger, Moharram; Belli, FevziThis paper proposes a test sequence generation approach for behavioral model validation of sequential circuits implemented in Hardware Description Language (HDL). In the procedure of test sequence generation proposed in this study, Regular Expressions (REs) are utilized to model the behavior of the System Under Test (SUT). First, the HDL program is converted to a Finite State Machine (FSM). Then, the obtained FSM is transformed to RE which is represented by a Syntax Tree (ST). In this way, the test sequence generation problem is simplified to the tree traversal algorithm in which symbol and operator coverage criteria are satisfied. The required tools for test sequence generation are provided to automatize the whole procedure of the proposed approach. Also, a running example, based on a real-life-like Traffic Light Controller (TLC), validates the proposed approach and analyzes its characteristic features.Book Part Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 8Advances in Model-Based Testing of Graphical User Interfaces(Academic Press Inc., 2017) Belli, Fevzi; Beyazıt, Mutlu; Budnik, Christof J.; Tuğlular, TuğkanGraphical user interfaces (GUIs) enable comfortable interactions of the computer-based systems with their environment. Large systems usually require complex GUIs, which are commonly fault prone and thus are to be carefully designed, implemented, and tested. As a thorough testing is not feasible, techniques are favored to test relevant features of the system under test that will be specifically modeled. This chapter summarizes, reviews, and exemplifies conventional and novel techniques for model-based GUI testing.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 3Grafiksel Kullanıcı Arayüzleri için Düzenli İfade Bazlı Test Kapsama Kriterleri(CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2017) Kılınççeker, Onur; Belli, FevziGrafiksel Kullanıcı Arayüzleri (GKA), insan-bilgisayar etkileşimi açışından, bilgisayar tabanlı sistemlerin ana bileşenleridir. Bu çalışma, GKA’ların düzenli ifadeler (Dİ; regular expression) ile modellenmesi ve dahası test kapsama (coverage) kriterleri elde edilmesi için yeni bir yaklaşım öne sürmektedir. Verilen GKA, ya doğrudan bir Dİ ile, ya da (pratikte daha çok yapıldığı şekilde) olay bazlı bir yönlü çizge (YÇ; digraph) ile modellenir ve bu YÇ bir Dİ’ye dönüştürülür. Ne var ki bu Dİ semantik bakımından yalnızca olay bazlıdır. Modeli durum açısından zenginleştirmek için Dİ özel bir teknik ile endekslenir. Önerilen yaklaşım, bu endekslenmiş Dİ’yi analiz ederek durum ve olay bazlı test kapsama kriterleri üretir. Ön araştırmalar göstermektedir ki, önerilen yaklaşım, diğerleri ile karşılaştırıldığında, daha özlü (compact) test takımı üretimine olanak sağlamaktadır.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1Karar Tablosu Destekli Olay Sıra Çizgeleri Temelli Sınama Durum Üretim Aracı(CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2016) Belli, Fevzi; Linschulte, Michael; Tuğlular, TuğkanModel temelli sınama alanında otomatik sınama durum üretimi önemli konuların başında gelir. Otomatik sınama durum üretimi için formel bir modelleme yöntemi ile üretim için algoritmalar gereklidir. Bu bildirinin ilk yazarının geliştirdiği Olay Sıra Çizgeleri (İng. Event Sequence Graphs) formel modelleme yöntemi ve sınama durum üretim algoritmaları, bu bildirinin diğer yazarları tarafından karar tabloları destekli şekilde genişletilmiştir. Ortaya konan modelleme yöntemi ve algoritmalar kodlanarak bir sınama durum üretim aracı 2008 yılından beri geliştirilmektedir. Anılan araç birçok çalışmada kullanılmış ve bu çalışmaların anlatıldığı yayınlarda bu araçtan söz edilmiştir. Bu bildiride karar tabloları destekli olay sıra çizgeleri temelli sınama durum aracının son durumu tanıtılmış ve anılan araç ile bir örnek çalışma sergilenmiştir.