@ARTICLE{Saborido26-EMSE-EQuAT,
   AUTHOR       = {Rub�n Saborido and R�my Raes and Rodrigo Morales and 
      Romain Rouvoy and Foutse Khomh and Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc},
   JOURNAL      = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
   TITLE        = {Simply the Best - A Systematic Evaluation Approach for 
      Third-Party Libraries based on Mobile App Quality Attributes},
   YEAR         = {2026},
   OPTMONTH     = {},
   NOTE         = {27 pages.},
   OPTNUMBER    = {},
   OPTPAGES     = {},
   OPTVOLUME    = {},
   EDITOR       = {Robert Feldt and Thomas Zimmermann},
   KEYWORDS     = {Topic: <b>Requirements and features</b>, 
      Rubrique : <b>besoins et fonctionalit�s</b>, Journal: <b>EMSE</b>},
   PUBLISHER    = {Springer},
   URL          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/EMSE26a.doc.pdf},
   ABSTRACT     = {Mobile device applications (apps) are complex because 
      they rely on the integration of multiple third-party libraries 
      (TPLs). Yet, TPLs ease app development by offering implementations of 
      specific functionality. For example, app developers often use 
      advertising libraries as a source of revenue, integrate social 
      networking libraries to simplify the login process, or include crash 
      reporting libraries to monitor/report crashes in their apps. However, 
      there are multiple TPLs with similar functionalities from which to 
      choose, and developers often cannot foresee all the consequences of 
      using these libraries in their apps. The sizes of apps grow with the 
      addition and usage of TPLs, and so does the number of required 
      permissions and resource consumption. Thus, TPLs may hurt the quality 
      of apps, and developers need help in measuring and comparing them. We 
      propose EQuAT, an approach for Evaluating Quality Attributes of TPLs 
      and easing the comparison of TPLs. EQuAT takes as input minimal apps 
      integrating TPLs and playable scenarios to simulate the user 
      interaction while exercising a particular functionality of the 
      included TPL. By collecting quality metrics and comparing the results 
      using plots, we provide the app developer with a systematic approach 
      to rank TPLs based on his/her preferences. We show how EQuAT allows 
      developers to make informed decisions about the libraries to 
      integrate into their apps through validation with nine TPLs in three 
      categories.}
}

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