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  • Data Science
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • The proliferation of big data presents significant challenges in software quality assurance.
  • Existing software verification methods struggle with the scale and complexity of big data platforms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the applications of metamorphic testing in big data analysis.
  • To identify future research challenges in this domain.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on metamorphic testing in big data.
  • Analysis of successful applications across various scientific domains.

Main Results:

  • Metamorphic testing has proven effective for software verification and validation in big data.
  • Successful applications demonstrated in fields like bioinformatics and deep learning.

Conclusions:

  • Metamorphic testing is a valuable approach for ensuring the quality of big data software.
  • Further research is needed to address emerging challenges in metamorphic testing for big data.