Publication of Fei

Publication of Fei-Ching (Diana) Kuo

Refereed Journal Papers

H. Liu, F.-C. Kuo and T.Y. Chen, Comparison of Adaptive Random Testing and Random Testing under Various Testing and Debugging Scenarios, Software: Practice and Experience, in press, accepted on 1/8/2011.
M.S. Sadi, F.-C. Kuo, J.W.K. Ho, M.A. Charleston and T.Y. Chen, Verification of Phylogenetic Inference Programs Using Metamorphic Testing, Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, in press, accepted on 31/05/2011.
Z.Q. Zhou, S.J. Zhang, M. Hagenbuchner, T.H. Tse, F.-C. Kuo and T.Y. Chen, Automated Functional Testing of Online Search Services, Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, in press, accepted on 24/04/2010.
P.-L. Poon, T.H. Tse, S.-F. Tang and F.-C. Kuo, Contributions of Tester Experience and a Checklist Guideline to the Identification of Categories and Choices for Software Testing, Software Quality Journal, 19(1):141-163, 2011.
F.-C. Kuo, Z.Q. Zhou, J. Ma and G.Q. Zhang, Metamorphic Testing of Decision Support Systems: a Case Study, IET Software, 4(4): 294-301, 2010.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and T.H. Tse, Adaptive Random Testing: the ART of Test Case Diversity, Journal of Systems and Software. 83 (1): 60-66, 2010.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, Adaptive Random Testing Based on Distribution Metric, Journal of Systems and Software, 82(9): 1419-1433, 2009.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, Application of a Failure Driven Test Profile in Random Testing, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 58(1): 179-192, 2009.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, Distributing Test Cases More Evenly in Adaptive Random Testing, Journal of Systems and Software, 81(12): 2146-2162, 2008.
F.-C. Kuo, T.Y. Chen, H. Liu and W.K. Chan, Enhancing Adaptive Random Testing for Programs with High Dimensional Input Domains or Failure-Unrelated Parameters, Software Quality Journal, 16: 303-327, 2008.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, and Z.Q. Zhou, On Favourable Conditions for Adaptive Random Testing, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 17(6): 805 - 825, 2007.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and C.A. Sun, The Impact of the Compactness of Failure Regions on the Performance of Adaptive Random Testing, Journal of software, 17(12):2438−2449, 2006.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and R.G. Merkel, On the Statistical Properties of Testing Effectiveness Measures, Journal of Systems and Software, 79(5):591−601, 2006.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and S.P. Ng, Mirror Adaptive Random Testing, Journal of Information and Software Technology, 46(15):1001−1010, 2004.

Refereed Conference/Workshop Papers

F.-C. Kuo, T.Y. Chen and W.K. Tam, Testing Embedded Software by Metamorphic Testing: a Wireless Metering System Case Study, The 36th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'11), Pages 295-298, Bonn, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011.
R.G. Merkel, T.Y. Chen and F.-C. Kuo, An Analysis of Failure-Based Test Profiles for Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 34rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'11), Pages 68-75, Munich, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011.
M. Asrafi, H. Liu and F.-C. Kuo, On Testing Effectiveness of Metamorphic Relations: A Case Study, in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Secure Software Integration and Reliability Improvement (SSIRI'11), Pages 147-156, Jeju, Korea, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, W.K. Tam and R.G. Merkel, Testing a Software-based PID Controller Using Metamorphic Testing, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS'11), Pages 387-396, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2011.
F.-C. Kuo, S. Liu and T.Y. Chen, Testing a Binary Space Partitioning Algorithm with Metamorphic Testing, in Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'11), Pages 1482-1489, Taichung, Taiwan, ACM Press, 2011.
K.Y. Sim, F.-C. Kuo and R.G. Merkel, Fuzzing the Out-of-Memory Killer on Embedded Linux: An Adaptive Random Approach, in Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'11), Pages 387-392, Taichung, Taiwan, ACM Press, 2011.
K.Y. Sim, C.S. Low and F.-C. Kuo, Detecting Faults in Technical Indicator Computations for Financial Market Analysis, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Science and Engineering (ICISE 2010), Pages 2749 - 2754, Hangzhou China, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2010.
H. Liu, F.-C. Kuo and T.Y. Chen, Teaching an End-User Testing Methodology, in Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEET'10), Pages 81-88, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2010.
K.Y. Sim, C.S. Low and F.-C. Kuo, Automatic Testing of Financial Charting Software Component: A Case Study on Point and Figure Chart, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA'09), Pages 177-183, Jeju, Korea, 2009.
F.-C. Kuo, An Indepth Study of Mirror Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 09), Pages 51-58, Jeju, Korea, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009.
H. Liu, F.-C. Kuo and T.Y. Chen, Dynamic Test Profiles in Adaptive Random Testing: A Case Study, in Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09), Pages 418-421, Boston, USA, 2009.
L. Mei, W.K. Chan, T.H. Tse and F.-C.Kuo, An Empirical Study of the Use of Frankl-Weyuker Data Flow Testing Criteria to Test BPEL Web Services, in Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'09), Pages 81-88, Seattle, Washington, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, H. Liu and S. Wang, Conformance Testing of Network Simulators Based on Metamorphic Testing Technique, in Proceedings of the 11th Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems and 29th Formal Techniques for Networked and Distributed Systems (FMOODS/FORTE'09), Pages 243-248, Lisbon, Portugal, Springer press, 2009.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and W.K. Tam, Testing an Open Source Suite for Open Queuing Network Modelling using Metamorphic Testing Technique, in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'09), Pages 23-29, Potsdam, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009.
T.Y. Chen, D.H. Huang, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and J. Mayer, Enhanced Lattice-based Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'09), Pages 422-429, Hawaii, USA, ACM Press, 2009.
A. C. Barus, T. Y. Chen, D. Grant, F.-C. Kuo and M. F. Lau, Testing of Heuristic Methods: A Case Study of Greedy Algorithm, in Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP Central and Eastern European Conference on Software Engineering Techniques (CEE-SET'08), Pages 267-280, Brno, Czech Republic, Springer press, 2008.
H.L. Vu, K.K. Khaw, T.Y. Chen and F.-C. Kuo, A New Approach for Network Vulnerability Analysis, in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'08), Pages 200-206, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008.
A. Tang, F.-C. Kuo and M.F. Lau, Towards Independent Software Architecture Review, in Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA'08), Pages 306-313, Paphos, Cyprus, Springer press, 2008.
A. Cain, T.Y. Chen, D.D. Grant, F.-C. Kuo and J.-G. Schneider, An Object Oriented Approach towards Dynamic Data Flow Analysis, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC'08), Pages 163-168, Oxford, UK, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, H. Liu and W. Eric Wong, Does Adaptive Random Testing Deliver a Higher Confidence than Random testing?, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC'08), Pages 145-154, Oxford, UK, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2008.
T.Y. Chen, D.H. Huang and F.-C. Kuo, Adaptive Random Testing by Balancing, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Random Testing (RT'07), Pages 2-9, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, ACM Press, 2007.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, Distribution Metric Driven Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC'07), Pages 274-279, Portland, Oregon, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2007.
F.-C. Kuo, K.Y. Sim, C.A. Sun, S.F. Tang and Z.Q. Zhou, Enhanced Random Testing for Programs with High Dimensional Input Domains, in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'07), Pages 135-140, Boston, USA, 2007.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, On Test Case Distributions of Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'07), Pages 141-144, Boston, USA, 2007.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and H. Liu, Enhancing Adaptive Random Testing through Partitioning by Edge and Centre, in Proceedings of the 18th Australian Software Engineering Conference 2007 (ASWEC'07), Pages 265-273, Melbourne, Australia, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2007. [Best papers]
F.-C. Kuo, T.Y. Chen, H. Liu and W.K. Chan, Enhancing Adaptive Random Testing in High Dimensional Input Domains, in Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'07), Pages 1467-1472, Seoul, Korea, ACM Press, 2007.
T.Y. Chen and F.-C. Kuo, Is Adaptive Random Testing Really Better than Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'06) Workshop on Random Testing (RT'06), Pages 64−69, New York, USA, ACM Press, 2006.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and Z.Q. Zhou, An Effective Testing Method for EndUser Programmers, in Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'05), the 1st Workshop on End-user Software Engineering 2005 (WEUSE'05), Pages 21−25, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, ACM Press, 2005.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and Z.Q. Zhou, On the Relationships between the Distribution of Failure-causing Inputs and Effectiveness of Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'05), Pages 306−311, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and Z.Q. Zhou, Teaching Automated Test Case Generation, in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software 2005 (QSIC'05), the International Workshop on Education and Training for Quality Software Engineering (ETQSE'05), Pages 327−332, Melbourne, Australia, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2005.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, Y. Liu and A. Tang, Metamorphic Testing and Testing with Special Values, in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD'04), Pages 128−134, Beijing, China, 2004.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and R.G. Merkel, On the Statistical Properties of the F-measure, in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC'04), Pages 146−153, Braunschweig, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.
K.P. Chan, T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and D. Towey, A Revisit of Adaptive Random Testing by Restriction, in Proceedings of the 28th annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'04), Pages 78−85, Hong Kong, China, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.
K.P. Chan, D. Towey, T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo and R.G. Merkel, Using the Information: Incorporating Positive Feedback Information into the Testing Process, in Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP'03), Pages 71−76, Amsterdam, Netherlands, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, T.H. Tse and Z.Q. Zhou, Metamorphic Testing and Beyond, in Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice (STEP'03), Pages 94−100, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2004.
T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and S.P. Ng, Mirror Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC'03), Pages 4−11 , Dallas, Texas, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2003.
S.P. Ng, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel and T.Y. Chen, On the Effectiveness of Genetic Operators in Adaptive Random Testing, in Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Future Software Technology (ISFST'02), Wuhan, China, 2002.

Technical report

Z.Q. Zhou, T.H. Tse, F.-C. Kuo and T.Y. Chen, Automated Functional Testing of Web Search Engines in the Absence of an Oracle, HKU CS Tech Report TR-2007-06, 2007.