Title :
PISCES: a tool for predicting software testability
Author :
Voas, Jeffrey M. ; Miller, Keith W. ; Payne, Jeffery E.
Author_Institution :
REST Corp., Arlington, VA, USA
Abstract :
Before a program can fail, a software fault must be executed, that execution must alter the data state, and the incorrect data state must propagate to state that results directly in an incorrect output. This paper describes a tool called PISCES (developed by Reliable Software Technologies Corporation) for predicting the probability that faults in a particular program location will accomplish all three of these steps causing program failure. PISCES is a tool that is used during software verification and validation to predict a program´s testability
Keywords :
program testing; software quality; software reliability; software tools; PISCES; predicting software testability; software fault; software verification; tool; validation; Computer science; Educational institutions; Genetic mutations; Instruments; Software testing; Software tools; State estimation; Yield estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Assessment of Quality Software Development Tools, 1992., Proceedings of the Second Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2620-8
DOI :
10.1109/AQSDT.1992.205866
