Testing of Software and Communication Systems: 21st IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, TESTCOM 2009 and 9th International Workshop, FATES 2009, ... 5826 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) - Softcover

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Testing Communicating Systems, TESTCOM 2009, and the 9th International Workshop on Formal Approaches to Testing of Software, FATES 2009, jointly held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in November 2009. The 13 revised full papers presented together with 6 short papers were carefully selected from 37 submissions to both events. The papers cover new approaches, concepts, theories, methodologies, tools, and experiences in the field of testing of communicating systems and general software.

This volume contains the proceedings of TESTCOM/FATES 2009, a Joint Conference of the 21st IFIP International Conference on Testing of Com- nicating Systems (TESTCOM) and the 9th International Workshop on Formal Approachesto Testing of Software (FATES). TESTCOM/FATES 2009 was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, during November 2-4, 2009. In this edition, TESTCOM/FATES was part of the ?rst Formal Methods Week (FMweek). TESTCOM/FATES aims at being a forum for researchers, developers, and testers to review, discuss, and learn about new approaches, concepts, theories, methodologies, tools, and experiences in the ?eld of testing of communicating systemsandsoftware.TESTCOMhasa longhistory.Previouslyitwascalled- ternationalWorkshoponProtocolTest Systems (IWPTS) and changedits name latertoInternationalWorkshoponTestingofCommunicatingSystem(IWTCS). The previous events were held in Vancouver, Canada (1988); Berlin, Germany (1989);McLean,USA (1990);Leidschendam,TheNetherlands(1991);Montreal, Canada (1992); Pau, France (1993); Tokyo, Japan (1994); Evry, France (1995); Darmstadt,Germany(1996);Cheju Island,Korea(1997);Tomsk,Russia(1998); Budapest, Hungary (1999); Ottawa, Canada (2000); Berlin, Germany (2002); Sophia Antipolis, France (2003); Oxford, UK (2004); Montr´ eal, Canada (2005) andNew York,USA (2006).FATESalsohasits history.The previousworkshops were held in Aalborg, Denmark (2001); Brno, Czech Republic (2002); Montr´ eal, Canada (2003); Linz, Austria (2004); Edinburgh, UK (2005) and Seattle, USA (2006). TESTCOM and FATES became a joint conference in 2007: It has been held in Tallinn, Estonia (2007) and Tokyo, Japan (2008).