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Metamodel Instance Generation: A systematic literature review
Modelling and thus metamodelling have become increasingly important in
Software Engineering through the use of Model Driven Engineering. In this paper
we present a systematic literature review of instance generation techniques for
metamodels, i.e. the process of automatically generating models from a given
metamodel. We start by presenting a set of research questions that our review
is intended to answer. We then identify the main topics that are related to
metamodel instance generation techniques, and use these to initiate our
literature search. This search resulted in the identification of 34 key papers
in the area, and each of these is reviewed here and discussed in detail. The
outcome is that we are able to identify a knowledge gap in this field, and we
offer suggestions as to some potential directions for future research.Comment: 25 page
Towards the Usage of MBT at ETSI
In 2012 the Specialists Task Force (STF) 442 appointed by the European
Telcommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) explored the possibilities of using
Model Based Testing (MBT) for test development in standardization. STF 442
performed two case studies and developed an MBT-methodology for ETSI. The case
studies were based on the ETSI-standards GeoNetworking protocol (ETSI TS 102
636) and the Diameter-based Rx protocol (ETSI TS 129 214). Models have been
developed for parts of both standards and four different MBT-tools have been
employed for generating test cases from the models. The case studies were
successful in the sense that all the tools were able to produce the test suites
having the same test adequacy as the corresponding manually developed
conformance test suites. The MBT-methodology developed by STF 442 is based on
the experiences with the case studies. It focusses on integrating MBT into the
sophisticated standardization process at ETSI. This paper summarizes the
results of the STF 442 work.Comment: In Proceedings MBT 2013, arXiv:1303.037
Model-based Testing
This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to a framework for formal testing using labelled transition systems, based on an extension and reformulation of the ioco theory introduced by Tretmans. We introduce the underlying models needed to specify the requirements, and formalise the notion of test cases. We discuss conformance, and in particular the conformance relation ioco. For this relation we prove several interesting properties, and we provide algorithms to derive test cases (either in batches, or on the fly)
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