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Automatic Load Testing of Web Application in SaaS Model

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New Results in Dependability and Computer Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 224))

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Necessity of monitoring in combination with the actual complexity of the e-services creates a need for constructing systems for active monitoring of various types of web services. Usually those systems are high-availability services, that require on one hand ingenious software solutions and on the other hand reliable hardware architecture. The created systems need to be flexible enough to satisfy customers requirements. This paper introduces an example solution of a system, that implement functional monitor of services provided in SaaS model. The provided system allows to check certain functionalities or whole service by running functional/load tests scenarios that are automatically generated, based on specially prepared user model.

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  1. Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-320, Wrocław, Poland

    Emil Stupiec & Tomasz Walkowiak

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  1. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Wojciech Zamojski

  2. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Jacek Mazurkiewicz

  3. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Jarosław Sugier

  4. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

  5. , Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, Warszawa, 01-447, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Stupiec, E., Walkowiak, T. (2013). Automatic Load Testing of Web Application in SaaS Model. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) New Results in Dependability and Computer Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 224. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00945-2_38

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