A systematic review on the engineering of software for ubiquitous systems

Guinea, Alejandro Sánchez; Nain,; Traon, Yves Le

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2016.05.024

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“…Two other works (Alegre et al 2016) and (Sánchez Guinea et al 2016) are literature reviews, focusing on engineering strategies to develop Context-Aware Software Systems (CASS) and Ubiquitous Systems, respectively. In (Alegre et al 2016), the results are based on a literature review, and a survey carried out with specialists in CASS.…”

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“…At the moment of preparing this manuscript, we observed a lack of more concrete proposals for the materialization of the IoT paradigm. We aim to address the challenges presented in (Alegre et al 2016) and (Sánchez Guinea et al 2016), filling the gaps from (Patel and Cassou 2015), (Costa et al 2017) and (Aniculaesei et al 2018) focusing on the issue of multidisciplinarity and providing support to decision-making in the initial development phase of problem understanding. Figure 1 presents our investigation strategy.…”

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On Challenges in Engineering IoT Software Systems

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Contemporary software systems, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and Smart Cities represent a technology changing that offer challenges for their construction since they are calling into question our traditional form of developing software. They are a promising paradigm for the integration of devices and communications technologies. It is leading to a shift in the classical monolithic view of development where stakeholders used to receive a software product at the end (that we have been doing for decades), to software systems incrementally materialized through physical objects interconnected by networks and with embedded software to support daily activities. Therefore, we need to revisit the classical way of developing software and start to consider the particularities required by these new sorts of applications. Since such software systems involve different concerns, this paper presents the results of an investigation towards defining a framework to support the software systems engineering of IoT applications. To support its representation, we evolved the Zachman’s Framework as an alternative to the organization of the framework architecture. The filling of such a framework is supported by a) 14 significant concerns of IoT applications, recovered from the technical literature, practitioner’s workshops and a Government Report; b) seven structured facets emerged from IoT data analysis, that together represent the engineering challenges to be faced both by researchers and practitioners towards the advancement of IoT in practice.

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On Challenges in Engineering IoT Software Systems

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Oliveira

Travassos

2019

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“…Matalonga et al argue that, after analyzing the 12 studies, it did not found evidence that there is a complete context-aware test method for testing CASS. Guinea et al [28] conducted a systematic review evaluating the different phases of the software development life cycle for ubiquitous systems. The main limitations and interests of each of the phases were classified according to each phase of the development cycle.…”

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“…Among her publications, we can note the interest in mobile applications concerning to context modeling, quality assurance, context-sensitive systems development, context management, and so on. Konstantin Holl has published papers related to quality assurance, but nothing can be seen about the research interest of Michael Hassel due to the lack of publications.The authors of Amalfitano et al[42] are Domenico Amalfitano26 , Anna Rita Fasolino 27 , Porfirio Tramontana28 , and Nicola Amatucci 29 . Domenico Amalfitano, Anna Rita Fasolino, and Porfirio Tramontana are not only professors of the same institution (University of Naples Federico II) but also most of their articles were written together.…”

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Testing tools for Android context-aware applications: a systematic mapping

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Context: Mobile devices, such as smartphones, have increased their capacity of information processing and sensors have been aggregated to their hardware. Such sensors allow capturing information from the environment in which they are introduced. As a result, mobile applications that use the environment and user information to provide services or perform context-based actions are increasingly common. This type of application is known as context-aware application. While software testing is an expensive activity in general, testing context-aware applications is an even more expensive and challenging activity. Thus, efforts are needed to automate testing for context-aware applications, particularly in the scope of Android, which is currently the most used operating system by smartphones. Objective: This paper aims to identify and discuss the state-of-the-art tools that allow the automation of testing Android context-aware applications. Method: In order to do so, we carried out a systematic mapping study (SMS) to find out the studies in the existing literature that describe or present Android testing tools. The discovered tools were then analyzed to identify their potential in testing Android context-aware applications. Result: A total of 68 works and 80 tools were obtained as a result of the SMS. From the identified tools, five are context-aware Android application testing tools, and five are general Android application testing tools, but support the test of the context-aware feature. Conclusion: Although context-aware application testing tools do exist, they do not support automatic generation or execution of test cases focusing on high-level contexts. Moreover, they do not support asynchronous context variations.

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“…While the route to technological maturity of a product may seem straight-forward, each step can involve extensive preparations and cooperation among multiple teams. It is sensible to separate the PD process into distinct phases, which involve distinct activities (Rubin & Chisnell, 2008). To maintain an overview of the progress, a visualisation of the entire PD process can be valuable (Keller et al, 2006).…”

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Planning and communicating prototype tests for the Nano Membrane Toilet: A critical review and proposed visual tool

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Urban sanitation in growing cities of the Global South presents particular challenges, like the speed of their growth, the high population density, and, often, the lack of existing wastewater infrastructure. This led to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Reinvent The Toilet Challenge, a call to develop novel, non-sewered sanitation technologies, which sparked the development of various inventions, like the Nano Membrane Toilet. Complex technologies like this entail an extensive product development process, including various iterations of prototype tests. While there is an abundance of literature discussing how to build prototypes, and the optimal number of tests, there has been little focus on how to plan, communicate, and conduct tests, especially in a product development endeavour of this complexity. Multiple aspects of testing prototypes are reviewed. A visual test planning tool is proposed that encompasses the entire product development process and can be used to plan and communicate prototype tests for the Nano Membrane Toilet to ultimately achieve compliance with international standards.

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A systematic review on the engineering of software for ubiquitous systems

Cited by 37 publications

References 119 publications

On Challenges in Engineering IoT Software Systems

On Challenges in Engineering IoT Software Systems

Testing tools for Android context-aware applications: a systematic mapping

Planning and communicating prototype tests for the Nano Membrane Toilet: A critical review and proposed visual tool

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