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System Testing is the testing of a fully integrated software, as well as a series of different tests whose purpose is to exercise the full computer-based system. Software testing though, is an arduous and expensive activity. In the context of manual testing, any effort to reduce the test execution time and to increase defect findings is welcome. One of the biggest challenges in the upcoming 5G era is the validation and verification of VNFs and NSs, so that operators can be sure of their behavior in different execution environments. 5G technologies as well as SDNs are already introducing great challenges in the field service validation, testing and optimization of the underlying network. Considering the above, we propose a recommendation system acting as a Decision Support Mechanism integrated in an SDN environment. Its purpose is the proposition of tests to the software developers towards a stable NS ready to be deployed to the production environment.
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This work has been partially supported by the PARITY project, funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement Number 864319 through the Horizon 2020. Moreover, this scientific work has been performed in the framework of the 5GTANGO project, funded by the European Commission under Grant number H2020ICT-2016-2761493 through the Horizon 2020 and 5G-PPP programs (http://5gtango.eu).
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Touloupos, M., Kapassa, E., Kyriazis, D., Christodoulou, K. (2020). Test Recommendation for Service Validation in 5G Networks. In: Themistocleous, M., Papadaki, M. (eds) Information Systems. EMCIS 2019. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44322-1_11
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