Title :
Reliability verification of fault-tolerant systems design based on mutation analysis
Author :
Vargas, F. ; Bezerra, E. ; Terroso, A. ; Barros, D., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Catholic Univ., Porto Alegre, Brazil
fDate :
30 Sep-3 Oct 1998
Abstract :
We propose in this work an innovative approach for system reliability verification based on an adaptation of the weak mutation analysis technique. This technique was originally proposed for software testing by means of verifying the adequacy of a test vectors set for a given program. We also present a case study to illustrate the proposed approach. This methodology is being automated through the development of CAD tools that perform fault injection and simulation data analysis
Keywords :
digital systems; embedded systems; fault tolerant computing; hardware description languages; hardware-software codesign; program testing; CAD tools; fault injection; fault-tolerant systems design; mutation analysis; reliability verification; simulation data analysis; Costs; Digital systems; Embedded system; Fault tolerant systems; Genetic mutations; Hardware; Partitioning algorithms; Software testing; System analysis and design; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Circuit Design, 1998. Proceedings. XI Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8704-5
DOI :
10.1109/SBCCI.1998.715410