A local analysis of an incremental evolutionary tool for processor diagnosis

This paper details an evolutionary tool targeted at increasing the diagnostic power of a set of assembly programs. The underlying evolutionary scheme is quite peculiar in some aspect and present interesting characteristics The effectiveness of the generated set has recently been demonstrated. Here the use of the tool is further motivated through a deep experimental analysis that provides insight on the obtainable results and better explains the design choices. The use of the tool is validated against a widely used microprocessor core and results are provided.