A systematic literature review on dynamic testing of blockchain oriented software

IF 1.5 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.scico.2024.103211

Mariam Lahami , Afef Jmal Maalej , Moez Krichen

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Abstract

This Systematic Literature Review (SLR) provides a thorough analysis of the most pertinent research with regard to testing Blockchain oriented Software (BoS). Indeed, it is highly required to test and check the correctness of such kind of software systems before their deployment since they are immutable and cannot be modified once deployed. All the selected primary studies, published between 2017 and October 2022, make use of dynamic testing techniques in order to ensure the trustworthiness and the quality of BoS and to check functional and non-functional aspects such as security and performance. First of all, we study 53 research papers from various electronic databases and classify them according to several factors including (i) the accessibility of smart contract code, (ii) the adopted testing techniques and (iii) the supported vulnerabilities. Then, we emphasize works' benefits and drawbacks while providing a summary about the work done on test generation and selection in this field. At the end, we identify research challenges and potential research opportunities with the aim of giving research lines not yet explored.

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面向区块链软件动态测试的系统性文献综述

本系统性文献综述（SLR）全面分析了与面向区块链的软件（BoS）测试有关的最相关研究。事实上，由于此类软件系统不可改变，一旦部署就无法修改，因此在部署前测试和检查其正确性是非常必要的。所有选定的主要研究都是在 2017 年至 2022 年 10 月间发表的，都使用了动态测试技术，以确保 BoS 的可信度和质量，并检查功能性和非功能性方面，如安全性和性能。首先，我们研究了来自各种电子数据库的 53 篇研究论文，并根据几个因素对它们进行了分类，包括（i）智能合约代码的可访问性、（ii）采用的测试技术和（iii）支持的漏洞。然后，我们强调了这些论文的优点和缺点，同时总结了该领域在测试生成和选择方面所做的工作。最后，我们确定了研究挑战和潜在的研究机会，旨在提供尚未探索的研究方向。

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Science of Computer Programming 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

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3.80

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67 days

期刊介绍： Science of Computer Programming is dedicated to the distribution of research results in the areas of software systems development, use and maintenance, including the software aspects of hardware design. The journal has a wide scope ranging from the many facets of methodological foundations to the details of technical issues andthe aspects of industrial practice. The subjects of interest to SCP cover the entire spectrum of methods for the entire life cycle of software systems, including • Requirements, specification, design, validation, verification, coding, testing, maintenance, metrics and renovation of software; • Design, implementation and evaluation of programming languages; • Programming environments, development tools, visualisation and animation; • Management of the development process; • Human factors in software, software for social interaction, software for social computing; • Cyber physical systems, and software for the interaction between the physical and the machine; • Software aspects of infrastructure services, system administration, and network management.