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The Advanced Mobile Application Testing Environment The Advanced Mobile Application Testing Environment (AMATE) combines model-based test generation and evaluation, controllable RF airlink variation, and a robust standards-based distributed test harness for end-to-end testing of distributed mobile applications. This report summarizes AMATE capabilities. Proceedings of the first international workshop on Advances in model-based testing. May 15–16, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri. p 136, ACM Press New York 2005. Automated Testing with an Operational Profile Although the rationale for testing with an operational profile is compelling, realizing its promise presents significant practical problems. Ideally, we'd like a fresh test suite every time we test. Because critical failures are often a result of high load in combination with unusual input sequences, fresh test suites that can vary load and achieve stress are highly effective. The article presents a case study where these problems were solved and discusses application to testing mobile systems. DoD Software Tech News, December 2004.