{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4399214554","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3639477.3639729","title":"Enhancing Testing at Meta with Rich-State Simulated Populations","display_name":"Enhancing Testing at Meta with Rich-State Simulated Populations","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-04-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4399214554","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3639477.3639729"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3639477.3639729","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3639477.3639729","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3639477.3639729","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3639477.3639729","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069585864","display_name":"Nadia Alshahwan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4763-0396"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nadia Alshahwan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060455591","display_name":"Arianna Blasi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-2400"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Arianna Blasi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036571508","display_name":"Kinga Bojarczuk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6176-601X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kinga Bojarczuk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035353472","display_name":"Andrea Ciancone","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2990-6366"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrea Ciancone","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080059874","display_name":"Natalija Gucevska","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9782-0616"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Natalija Gucevska","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000019783","display_name":"Mark Harman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-4488"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mark Harman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083319677","display_name":"Micha\u0142 Kr\u00f3likowski","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1106-5101"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michal Krolikowski","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5098960069","display_name":"Rubmary Rojas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1385-9714"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rubmary Rojas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5094246515","display_name":"Dragos Martac","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6056-468X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dragos Martac","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019882720","display_name":"Simon Schellaert","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1669-5007"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Simon Schellaert","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5094246516","display_name":"Kate Ustiuzhanina","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3677-8906"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kate Ustiuzhanina","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5093895514","display_name":"Inna Harper","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9359-0949"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Inna Harper","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050661929","display_name":"Yue Jia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2871-2285"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yue Jia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086568489","display_name":"W B LEWIS","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7615-5709"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3197470489","display_name":"Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society","ror":"https://ror.org/057q9nn35","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210099336","display_name":"Menlo School","ror":"https://ror.org/01240pn49","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Will Lewis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Meta, Menlo Park, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":14,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069585864"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3197470489","https://openalex.org/I4210099336"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.4857,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.65254413,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"12"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9977999925613403,"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":0.9977999925613403,"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/T10761","display_name":"Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)","score":0.9941999912261963,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9830999970436096,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.47431087493896484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state","display_name":"State (computer science)","score":0.44509562849998474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.105231374502182}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47431087493896484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.44509562849998474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.105231374502182}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3639477.3639729","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3639477.3639729","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3639477.3639729","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3639477.3639729","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3639477.3639729","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3639477.3639729","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2","score":0.5,"display_name":"Zero hunger"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4399214554.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1979345446","https://openalex.org/W2011289111","https://openalex.org/W2029602149","https://openalex.org/W2041713059","https://openalex.org/W2077258409","https://openalex.org/W2103211721","https://openalex.org/W2107147876","https://openalex.org/W2109094293","https://openalex.org/W2138428785","https://openalex.org/W2161963160","https://openalex.org/W2164649341","https://openalex.org/W2280128323","https://openalex.org/W2293616642","https://openalex.org/W2394716204","https://openalex.org/W2740268627","https://openalex.org/W2782760983","https://openalex.org/W2888728013","https://openalex.org/W2901387825","https://openalex.org/W3007533873","https://openalex.org/W3087818307","https://openalex.org/W3163304474","https://openalex.org/W3173163365","https://openalex.org/W4213274161","https://openalex.org/W4250967164","https://openalex.org/W4256588520","https://openalex.org/W4282550244","https://openalex.org/W4388505008"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052","https://openalex.org/W2382290278","https://openalex.org/W4395014643"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"reports":[2],"the":[3,6,36,55,125],"results":[4,51,98],"of":[5,8,69,71,73,75,80,82,84,122],"deployment":[7,53,164],"Rich-State":[9],"Simulated":[10],"Populations":[11],"at":[12],"Meta":[13,160],"for":[14,61,149],"both":[15],"automated":[16,46,129],"and":[17,31,58,63,87,109],"manual":[18,151],"testing.":[19,130],"We":[20],"use":[21],"simulated":[22],"users":[23],"(aka":[24],"test":[25,133],"users)":[26],"to":[27],"mimic":[28],"user":[29,41,134],"interactions":[30],"acquire":[32,43],"state":[33,102],"in":[34,124,139,165],"much":[35],"same":[37],"way":[38],"that":[39,100],"real":[40],"accounts":[42],"state.":[44],"For":[45],"testing,":[47,152],"we":[48],"present":[49],"empirical":[50],"from":[52],"on":[54],"Facebook,":[56],"Messenger,":[57],"Instagram":[59],"apps":[60,67],"iOS":[62],"Android":[64],"Platforms.":[65],"These":[66],"consist":[68],"tens":[70],"millions":[72,81],"lines":[74,83],"code,":[76,86],"communicating":[77],"with":[78],"hundreds":[79],"backend":[85],"are":[88,136],"used":[89,156],"by":[90,107,112,128,157],"over":[91,158],"2":[92],"billion":[93],"people":[94],"every":[95],"day.":[96],"Our":[97],"reveal":[99],"rich":[101],"increases":[103],"average":[104,120],"code":[105],"coverage":[106,111],"38%,":[108],"endpoint":[110],"61%.":[113],"More":[114],"importantly,":[115],"it":[116],"also":[117,137],"yields":[118],"an":[119],"increase":[121],"115%":[123],"faults":[126],"found":[127],"The":[131],"rich-state":[132],"populations":[135],"deployed":[138],"a":[140,145],"(continually":[141],"evolving)":[142],"Test":[143],"Universe;":[144],"web-enabled":[146],"simulation":[147],"platform":[148],"privacy-safe":[150],"which":[153],"has":[154],"been":[155],"21,000":[159],"engineers":[161],"since":[162],"its":[163],"November":[166],"2022.":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}