Systematic mapping study on MBT: tools and models

Abstract

Every year several contributions to the model-based testing (MBT) field are published. Therefore, to follow the evolution and trends of several tools and models available is difficult. Moreover, since the variety of models and tools that became available in recent years, choosing an approach to support the MBT process is a challenging activity. The main objective of this study is to provide an overview on MBT tools and models used by those tools. Furthermore, the authors' study can help academic researchers and companies to understand the topics involving MBT. Therefore, a systematic mapping study was conducted in which 1197 distinct papers were evaluated. At the end, 87 primary studies were selected to be analysed in a quantitative and qualitative way. As a result, they classified the tools and models that are currently used to support MBT. Moreover, they identified 70 MBT tools, as well as different domains in which MBT is already applied to. Therefore, there are some evidence that MBT continues to be a broad and 'alive' research field since every year a significant number of papers presenting different kinds of contributions are published.

Dynamic software updating: a systematic mapping study

“…Research type facets and contribution type facets for RQ 6: o Research type facet: is general and independent of a specific research area [17, 19, 31 ]. Examples of research type facets categories in Table 3. o Contribution type facet: is referred to as the type of intervention being studied [17, 19, 20, 32 ]. …”

“…Construct validity thread refers to the exclusion of relevant papers presenting DSU. To mitigate this threat, this study followed a rigorous selection process [18–20, 26–28 ] as shown in Fig. 3, and IC, EC [17, 19 ] as presented in Table 2.…”

“…In this study, an SMS [17–20 ] was conducted with a set of six RQs and 1066 papers published from 2005 to 2019 were recorded. After a filtering process, 112 primary studies were selected and inspected.…”

“…For this study, it was of interest to investigate DSU using a systematic mapping study (SMS). Previous studies [17–20 ] have emphasised that SMS is a secondary study that aims to outline a research domain, to identify current trends, and to provide lights for future research in a research domain [17, 20 ].…”

Evaluation of a model‐based testing platform for Java applications

“…Moreover, a final set of 11 tools only automate the generation of abstract test cases from a model. Another systematic mapping study on MBT tools and models [23] analysed 87 primary studies and identified 70 tools. They found that a majority (65%) of the studies were devoted to TG activities, while 16% contributed with tools.…”