{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2162390625","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2593501.2593509","title":"Improved semantics and implementation through property-based testing with QuickCheck","display_name":"Improved semantics and implementation through property-based testing with QuickCheck","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-05-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2162390625","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2593501.2593509","mag":"2162390625"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2593501.2593509","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2593501.2593509","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003096187","display_name":"Huiqing Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2559-0804"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20581793","display_name":"University of Kent","ror":"https://ror.org/00xkeyj56","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Huiqing Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kent, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kent, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039766794","display_name":"Simon Thompson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-301X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I20581793","display_name":"University of Kent","ror":"https://ror.org/00xkeyj56","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Simon Thompson","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kent, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kent, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.6438,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.65128205,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"50","last_page":"56"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/executable","display_name":"Executable","score":0.7951769828796387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.7804936170578003},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7729711532592773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/erlang","display_name":"Erlang (programming language)","score":0.6774850487709045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operational-semantics","display_name":"Operational semantics","score":0.5855451226234436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/semantics","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","score":0.5560328364372253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-specification","display_name":"Formal specification","score":0.4466014802455902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-semantics","display_name":"Formal semantics (linguistics)","score":0.44332197308540344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/denotational-semantics","display_name":"Denotational semantics","score":0.41085898876190186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/functional-programming","display_name":"Functional programming","score":0.4084475040435791}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160145156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778586","display_name":"Executable","level":2,"score":0.7951769828796387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.7804936170578003},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7729711532592773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82484044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334879","display_name":"Erlang (programming language)","level":3,"score":0.6774850487709045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156325763","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930895","display_name":"Operational semantics","level":3,"score":0.5855451226234436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.5560328364372253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116253237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437424","display_name":"Formal specification","level":2,"score":0.4466014802455902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146499914","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469969","display_name":"Formal semantics (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.44332197308540344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207648694","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189746","display_name":"Denotational semantics","level":4,"score":0.41085898876190186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42383842","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193076","display_name":"Functional programming","level":2,"score":0.4084475040435791}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2593501.2593509","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2593501.2593509","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Automation of Software Test","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:kar.kent.ac.uk:42307","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2593501.2593509>)","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196264","display_name":"Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I20581793","host_organization_name":"University of Kent","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20581793"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Conference proceeding"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.733.9075","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.733.9075","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"https://kar.kent.ac.uk/42307/1/icsews14astm-final.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.6800000071525574}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1570916159","https://openalex.org/W2016320988","https://openalex.org/W2098456636","https://openalex.org/W2103999647","https://openalex.org/W2119296494","https://openalex.org/W2119717320","https://openalex.org/W2610167095","https://openalex.org/W4238083723","https://openalex.org/W4242126179","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2073736684","https://openalex.org/W2133673046","https://openalex.org/W1975908952","https://openalex.org/W3161370296","https://openalex.org/W4285217401","https://openalex.org/W3179539050","https://openalex.org/W2348616540","https://openalex.org/W4213264068","https://openalex.org/W2790733222","https://openalex.org/W2020435908"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Testing":[0],"is":[1],"the":[2,38,41,49,56,68],"primary":[3],"method":[4],"to":[5,21,34,54],"validate":[6],"that":[7],"a":[8],"software":[9],"implementation":[10],"meets":[11],"its":[12,44],"specification.":[13],"In":[14],"this":[15,76],"paper,":[16],"we":[17],"demonstrate":[18],"an":[19,23],"approach":[20,47],"validating":[22],"executable":[24,52,82],"semantics":[25,42,53],"using":[26],"property-":[27],"and":[28,36,43,62],"model-based":[29],"random":[30],"testing":[31,39],"in":[32,75],"QuickCheck":[33],"automate":[35],"unify":[37],"of":[40,51,70],"implementation.":[45],"Our":[46],"shows":[48],"use":[50],"bridge":[55],"gap":[57],"between":[58],"formal":[59],"mathematical":[60],"specification":[61],"implementation,":[63],"as":[64,66],"well":[65],"emphasising":[67],"suitability":[69],"functional":[71],"programming":[72],"languages":[73],"--":[74,79],"case":[77],"Erlang":[78],"for":[80],"writing":[81],"semantics.":[83]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-30T17:31:21.811387","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}