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%4 dpi.inpe.br/plutao/2012/06.21.18.34
%8 Jan.
%@issn 0164-1212
%A Mattiello-Francisco, Maria de Fátima,
%A Martins, Eliane,
%A Cavalli, Ana Rosa,
%A Yano, Edgar Toshiro,
%@secondarytype PRE PI
%B Journal of Systems and Software
%D 2012
%F lattes: 8666823357523918 1 Mattiello-FranciscoMartCavaYano:2012:ApTeIn
%K Accidents  -  Embedded software  -  Embedded systems  -  Integration  -  Optical telescopes  -  Quality of service  -  Software testing  -  Telescopes  -  Testing  -  Timing circuits.
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%P 3-15
%@secondarymark B1_CIÊNCIA_DA_COMPUTAÇÃO B1_ENGENHARIAS_III A1_ENGENHARIAS_IV A2_INTERDISCIPLINAR B2_MEDICINA_I
%T InRob: An approach for testing interoperability and robustness of real-time embedded software
%V 85
%X Advances in digital technologies have contributed for significant reduction in accidents caused by hardware failures. However, the growing complexity of functions performed by embedded software has increased the number of accidents caused by software faults in critical systems. Moreover, due to the highly competitive market, software intensive subsystems are usually developed by different suppliers. Often these subsystems are required to interact with each other in order to provide a collaborative service. Testing approaches for subsystems integration support verification of the quality of service, focusing on the subsystems interfaces. The increasing complexity and tight coupling of real-time subsystems make integration testing unmanageable. The ad-hoc approach for testing is becoming less effective and more expensive. This article presents an integration testing approach denominated InRob, designed to verify the interoperability and robustness related to timing constraints of real-time embedded software. InRob guides the construction of services, based on formal models, aiming at the specifications of interoperability and robustness of test cases related to delays and time-outs of the messages exchanged in the interfaces of interconnected subsystems. The proposed formalism supports automatic test cases generation by verifying the relevant properties in the service behavioral model. As timing constraints are critical properties of aerospace systems, the feasibility of InRob is showed in the integration testing process of a telescope onboard in a satellite. The process is instantiated with existing testing tools and the case study is the software embedded in the telescope.
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%@e-mailaddress fatima@iss.inpe.br
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%@group CCR-CCR-INPE-MCTI-GOV-BR
%@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES.
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%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation IC/UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
%@affiliation INT/Telecom SudPARIS, Paris, France
%@affiliation ITA/CTA, S.J. Campos, Brazil
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%@doi 10.1016/j.jss.2011.02.034
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