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Modeling the Navigation Behavior of Dynamic Web Applications

by Sangeeta Sabharwal, Priti Bansal, Manuj Aggarwal
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 65 - Number 13
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Sangeeta Sabharwal, Priti Bansal, Manuj Aggarwal
10.5120/10984-6140

Sangeeta Sabharwal, Priti Bansal, Manuj Aggarwal . Modeling the Navigation Behavior of Dynamic Web Applications. International Journal of Computer Applications. 65, 13 ( March 2013), 20-27. DOI=10.5120/10984-6140

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author = { Sangeeta Sabharwal, Priti Bansal, Manuj Aggarwal },
title = { Modeling the Navigation Behavior of Dynamic Web Applications },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2013 },
volume = { 65 },
number = { 13 },
month = { March },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 20-27 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume65/number13/10984-6140/ },
doi = { 10.5120/10984-6140 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

In order to manage the growing complexity of web applications, there is a need to abstract and model different system behaviors which simplify the process of analysis, designing, verification, testing and maintenance to improve the quality and reliability of web applications. Navigation of a web application is the sequence of web pages that a user can browse to achieve a desired function. A number of modeling techniques have been proposed by the researchers in past to model the navigation behavior of web applications using forward engineering or reverse engineering based methods. These models can be used for analysis, design verification and testing of web applications. In this paper a graph based modeling technique is proposed to model the navigation behavior of web applications for the purpose of testing. The model is created from the information extracted from requirement and design documents of the web application. The proposed approach is demonstrated by means of a case study and is implemented using MetaEdit+ which is a domain specific modeling tool.

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Information Sciences

Keywords

Model Navigation Behavior Page Scenario Page Navigation Graph

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