COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE TESTABILITY MODEL

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Army	Award ID: 5561	Program Year/Program: 1989 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 5561	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Atac
1200 Villa St Mountain View, CA 94041
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Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1989

Title: COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE TESTABILITY MODEL

Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $469,105.00

Abstract:
THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A MODELING AND ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY CALLED COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE TESTABILITY MODEL (CASTM) WHICH IS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF SOFTWARE TEST HOOKS. THE STRUCTURED, HIGHLY AUTOMATED UTILITY WILL IMPROVE ON CURRENT METHODS BASED ONLY ON PROGRAM FLOW OR DATA FLOW. CASTM WILL INCLUDE A PARSER FOR EXTRACTING BOTH PROGRAM DATA FLOW FROM SOURCE CODE. A MODEL BUILDER INTEGRATES THE TWO KINDS OF INFORMATION FLOW TO PRODUCE A DIGRAPH DEPENDENCY MODEL WHICH IS USED BY THE TEST HOOK PLACEMENT ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSISBORROWS IMPORTANT TEST ECONOMY PRINCIPLES FROM ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TESTABILITY EXPERIENCE, SUCH AS CONTROLLABILITY/OBSERVABILITY CONCEPTS AND THE COST/BENEFIT CONSIDERATIONS WHICH DRIVE THE OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM. CASTM WILL BE GENERIC IN NATURE AND CAN BE APPLIED TO THE DESIGN OF TESTABLE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SUCH AS THOSE USED IN BUILT-IN TEST.

Principal Investigator:
Bradley C Ashmore
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Atac
1200 Villa St Mountain View, CA 94041

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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

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