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Title: Checking experiments for stream X-machines
Authors: Hierons, RM
Keywords: Stream X-machines;Test generation;Checking experiment
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Theoretical Computer Science, 411(37): 3372-3385, Aug 2010
Abstract: Stream X-machines are a state based formalism that has associated with it a particular development process in which a system is built from trusted components. Testing thus essentially checks that these components have been combined in a correct manner and that the orders in which they can occur are consistent with the specification. Importantly, there are test generation methods that return a checking experiment: a test that is guaranteed to determine correctness as long as the implementation under test (IUT) is functionally equivalent to an unknown element of a given fault domain Ψ. Previous work has show how three methods for generating checking experiments from a finite state machine (FSM) can be adapted to testing from a stream X-machine. However, there are many other methods for generating checking experiments from an FSM and these have a variety of benefits that correspond to different testing scenarios. This paper shows how any method for generating a checking experiment from an FSM can be adapted to generate a checking experiment for testing an implementation against a stream X-machine. This is the case whether we are testing to check that the IUT is functionally equivalent to a specification or we are testing to check that every trace (input/output sequence) of the IUT is also a trace of a nondeterministic specification. Interestingly, this holds even if the fault domain Ψ used is not that traditionally associated with testing from a stream X-machine. The results also apply for both deterministic and nondeterministic implementations.
Description: This article is a post-print version of the published article which may be accessed at the link below. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4660
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2010.05.014
ISSN: 0304-3975
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Dept of Computer Science Research Papers

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