Modeling design quality

Author

Klingsheim, Karl ; Aas, Einar J.

Author_Institution

DELAB, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

fYear

1992

fDate

1992

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

181

Abstract

Several qualitative and quantitative perspectives on design quality are presented. An analogy between testing and design verification is demonstrated, leading towards a quantitative metric for “design incorrectness” equivalent to the “defect level” in digital testing. The focus is on the design process and the probability for error insertion, rather than detecting existing stuck-line faults. We demonstrate that pursuing this avenue will lead to practical means of assessing and predicting the quality of designs, as well as designers, in real-life product development

Keywords

CAD; design engineering; quality control; testing; CAD; defect level; design incorrectness; design quality modelling; design verification; digital testing; error insertion; quantitative metric; quantitative perspectives; real-life product development; stuck-line faults; Computer errors; Design methodology; Economic forecasting; Error correction; Investments; Manufacturing processes; Power generation economics; Process design; Product development; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Computer-Aided Engineering in Concurrent Engineering, 1990 and 1991., Combined Proceedings of the 1990 and 1991 Leesburg Workshops on

Conference_Location

Leesburg, VA ; Ellicott City, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RMCAE.1992.245526

Filename

245526