@ARTICLE{Minani25-IoTJ-TISSEA,
   AUTHOR       = {Jean Bapstiste Minani and Fatima Sabir and Naouel Moha and 
      Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc and Tomoaki Masuda},
   JOURNAL      = {Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ)},
   TITLE        = {TISSEA: A Framework for Testing IoT Systems Based on 
      Technical Software Engineering Aspects},
   YEAR         = {2025},
   MONTH        = {November},
   NOTE         = {18 pages.},
   NUMBER       = {22},
   PAGES        = {48787–48802},
   VOLUME       = {12},
   EDITOR       = {Nei Kato},
   KEYWORDS     = {Topic: <b>ESE for the IoT</b>, 
      Rubrique : <b>GL empirique pour l'IdO</b>, 
      Topic: <b>Test case generation</b>, 
      Rubrique : <b>g�n�ration de cas de test</b>, Journal: <b>IoTJ</b>},
   PUBLISHER    = {IEEE CS Press},
   URL          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/IoTJ25b.doc.pdf},
   ABSTRACT     = {Internet of Things (IoT) systems refer to interconnected 
      systems of devices that collect, process, and exchange data. As IoT 
      adoption continues to grow, ensuring effective testing is of 
      paramount importance. However, testing IoT systems remains a 
      challenge, particularly for software engineers, due to the need to 
      test aspects beyond their primary area of expertise (e.g., security, 
      sensor calibration, and connectivity). Testing aspects refer to any 
      concept or concern that should be considered when testing a given 
      system. While several frameworks for testing exist that focus on 
      generic aspects of IoT systems, there is no dedicated framework for 
      testing technical software engineering (SE) aspects of IoT systems. 
      To address this gap, we propose and evaluate TISSEA, a framework to 
      guide software engineers to test the technical SE aspects of IoT 
      systems. We constructed TISSEA by identifying all possible technical 
      SE aspects from published taxonomies for IoT systems testing. 
      Further, we mapped each aspect to the granularity of testing at each 
      layer of the IoT system. We finally mapped each aspect with test 
      orchestration strategies, test input artifacts, and execution 
      strategies. We evaluated the TISSEA by surveying 22 professionals and 
      conducting two case studies: 1) event logging and handling testing 
      and 2) data integrity testing. The survey results show that 
      professionals agreed with the proposed technical SE aspects for 
      testing the device and application layers. However, the aspects 
      proposed for testing the gateway and cloud layers still require 
      further investigation. Results of the case studies indicate a gap 
      between expected and captured log events. Regarding event handling, 
      we found that some of the events reported by the system as 
      successfully handled may include unhandled events that cannot be 
      identified when relying on a single orchestration strategy. Regarding 
      data integrity testing, we found that data can be altered at any node 
      at any layer of the IoT system. However, accessing the original data 
      allows the detection of modifications made to it at each node. 
      Overall evaluation of TISSEA shows strong agreement with 
      practitioners, and it could be useful to test technical SE aspects of 
      IoT systems.}
}

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We finally mapped each aspect with test orchestration strategies, test input artifacts, and execution strategies. We evaluated the TISSEA by surveying 22 professionals and conducting two case studies: 1) event logging and handling testing and 2) data integrity testing. The survey results show that professionals agreed with the proposed technical SE aspects for testing the device and application layers. However, the aspects proposed for testing the gateway and cloud layers still require further investigation. Results of the case studies indicate a gap between expected and captured log events. Regarding event handling, we found that some of the events reported by the system as successfully handled may include unhandled events that cannot be identified when relying on a single orchestration strategy. Regarding data integrity testing, we found that data can be altered at any node at any layer of the IoT system. 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