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
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