Testing of Communicating Systems, 2006 18th IFIP TC 6/WG 6.1 International Conference, TestCom 2006, New York, NY, USA, May 16-18, 2006, Proceedings Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications Series

Session I: Testing Theory and Foundations.- Symbolic Execution Techniques for Test Purpose Definition.- Controllable Combinatorial Coverage in Grammar-Based Testing.- A Logic for Assessing Sets of Heterogeneous Testing Hypotheses.- Session II: Testing Non-deterministic and Probabilistic Systems.- Bounded Sequence Testing from Non-deterministic Finite State Machines.- LaTe, a Non-fully Deterministic Testing Language.- Customized Testing for Probabilistic Systems.- Session III: Testing Internet and Industrial Systems.- Generating Test Cases for Web Services Using Extended Finite State Machine.- Towards the Testing of Composed Web Services in 3rd Generation Networks.- Application of Two Test Generation Tools to an Industrial Case Study.- Session IV: TTCN-3.- Performance Analysis of Concurrent PCOs in TTCN-3.- Use of TTCN-3 for Software Module Testing.- Distributed Load Tests with TTCN-3.- Session V: Compositional and Distributed Testing.- Analyzing the Impact of Protocol Changes on Tests.- Detecting Observability Problems in Distributed Testing.- Compositional Testing of Communication Systems.- Session VI: FSM-Based Testing and Diagnosis.- FSM Test Translation Through Context.- Using Distinguishing and UIO Sequences Together in a Checking Sequence.- Reducing the Lengths of Checking Sequences by Overlapping.- Session VII: Timed Systems.- Test Case Minimization for Real-Time Systems Using Timed Bound Traces.- Symbolic and on the Fly Testing with Real-Time Observers.- Using TimedTTCN-3 in Interoperability Testing for Real-Time Communication Systems.- Session VIII: Testing for Security.- Test Generation for Network Security Rules.- Message Confidentiality Testing of Security Protocols – Passive Monitoring and Active Checking.