@inproceedings{8638040b586d46ff8bdb3537904b0ca3,
title = "Metamorphic testing of navigation software: A pilot study with google maps",
abstract = "Millions of people use navigation software every day to commute and travel. In addition, many systems rely upon the correctness of navigation software to function, ranging from directions applications to self-driving machinery. Navigation software is difficult to test because it is hard or very expensive to evaluate its output. This difficulty is generally known as the oracle problem, a fundamental challenge in software testing. In this study, we propose a metamorphic testing strategy to alleviate the oracle problem in testing navigation software, and conduct a case study by testing the Google Maps mobile app, its web service API, and its graphical user interface. The results show that our strategy is effective with the detection of several real-life bugs in Google Maps. This study is the first work on automated testing of navigation software with the detection of real-life bugs.",
keywords = "Directions API, Google Maps, Graphical User Interface, Metamorphic testing, Mobile navigation software, Oracle problem, Software testing, Validation, Verification, Web service",
author = "Joshua Brown and Zhou, \{Zhi Quan\} and Chow, \{Yang Wai\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.; 51st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2018 ; Conference date: 02-01-2018 Through 06-01-2018",
year = "2018",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "5687--5696",
editor = "Bui, \{Tung X.\}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 51st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2018",
address = "United States",
}