A Method to Test Component Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Used in Safety Critical Systems

Author

Reza, Hassan ; Buettner, Steve ; Krishna, Varun

Author_Institution

Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 April 2008

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

194

Abstract

In this paper we discuss a method to test component off-the-shelf (COTS) using a hybrid approach based on software fault tree analysis and UML communication diagram. UML communication diagrams can be used to show message passing among components. It can also be used for integration testing. Software fault tree analysis is safely analysis techniques that can be used for modeling safety and dependability aspects of safety critical systems. A simple example is used to show the feasibility of our proposed method.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; fault trees; message passing; system recovery; UML communication diagram; component off-the-shelf; hybrid approach; integration testing; message passing; safety critical systems; software fault tree analysis; Aerospace testing; Fault trees; Operating systems; Real time systems; Robustness; Software safety; Software testing; System testing; Unified modeling language; Vehicle crash testing; COTS; Software Fault Tree Analysis; Software Testing; UML Communication Diagrams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: New Generations, 2008. ITNG 2008. Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-7695-3099-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITNG.2008.217

Filename

4492477