Tuesday 4 July 2017

New article on requirements modelling, model-based testing and traceability

Our article on combining requirements modelling, test-case generation and traceability appeared in the Springer STTT journal.

The paper describes how we
  1. model requirements as contracts in the form of assume-guarantee conditions 
  2. generate test cases efficiently out of the models via SMT solving and an incremental algorithm
  3. add traceability information linking requirements, contracts, generated test-cases and test results
  4. demonstrated its feasibility with our industrial partner Infineon on airbag electronics.  
All of this comes with solid foundations and precise semantics.

Bernhard K. Aichernig, Klaus Hörmaier, Florian Lorber, Dejan Nickovic, and Stefan Tiran. Require, test, and trace IT. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT), 19:409–426, 2017. Open Access. Published online: 29 November 2016. (PDF) (doi:10.1007/s10009-016-0444-z)

It is open access and can be freely accessed at Springer.

Enjoy!