• DocumentCode
    2838124
  • Title

    Proof vs testing in the context of safety standards

  • Author

    Galloway, Andy ; Paige, Richard F. ; Tudor, N.J. ; Toyn, I. ; McDermid, J.

  • Author_Institution
    York Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30 Oct.-3 Nov. 2005
  • Abstract
    During software certification various forms of testing (e.g., unit, integration, regression) are undertaken. These testing processes are very important, but are also generally accepted as expensive, leading to a desire to replace testing with more cost-effective processes, where practicable. This paper is concerned with how such technology substitution can be justified, and presents a template for an argument that can be used to justify substitutions. It also instantiates the argument for a particular proof technology - the CLawZ toolset - and demonstrates how to argue for its safe substitution for testing in this context.
  • Keywords
    aerospace computing; program testing; safety-critical software; software standards; software tools; CLawZ toolset; software certification; software safety standards; software testing; Certification; Safety; Software testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2005. DASC 2005. The 24th
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9307-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DASC.2005.1563405
  • Filename
    1563405