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Field Testing of Mobile Applications: An Effective Approach

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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 62 - Number 21
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Naveen Singh, Ravi Shanker Yadav
10.5120/10217-7102

Naveen Singh, Ravi Shanker Yadav . Field Testing of Mobile Applications: An Effective Approach. International Journal of Computer Applications. 62, 21 ( January 2013), 1-7. DOI=10.5120/10217-7102

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author = { Naveen Singh, Ravi Shanker Yadav },
title = { Field Testing of Mobile Applications: An Effective Approach },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { January 2013 },
volume = { 62 },
number = { 21 },
month = { January },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-7 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume62/number21/10217-7102/ },
doi = { 10.5120/10217-7102 },
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Abstract

Field testing of software applications developed for mobile devices is a challenge due to unique features of mobile devices. Unreliability of wireless networks, limited bandwidth, changing context, phasing network disturbance or noises problems and different data transfer time for different applications. Methodologies used in testing of desktop applications cannot be directly applicable to a mobile context. The large number of users involved in field testing along with the variety of problems reported by them increases the complexity of managing the field testing process. The contribution of this paper is to propose a generic framework, detecting noise and estimation of time for different applications to conduct field tests for mobile applications with focus on field testing, detecting network disturbance and estimation of time for different mobile applications.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Field Testing Laboratory Usability Mobile

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