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A Configurable Test Architecture for the Automatic Validation of Variability-Intensive Cyber-Physical Systems

Authors:
Aitor Arrieta
Goiuria Sagardui
Leire Etxeberria

Keywords: Model Based Testing; Test Architecture; Variability; Configurable Systems

Abstract:
The strong demand for customizable products is leading to increase variability in cyber-physical systems. The need of dealing with variability issues increases complexity not only in the product, but also in the verification and validation activities. Due to the high amount of configurations that the system can be set to, verification and validation activities might become time consuming and non-systematic. In order to deal with these problems, this paper presents an automatically configurable test architecture together with a model-based process for the systematic validation of highly configurable cyber-physical systems, with the main objective of reducing verification and validation costs. The main contributions of this paper are the analysis of the variability of the test system and its components together with the traceability among the features of the cyber-physical system and the test system and a definition of a model-based process to achieve the test objectives.

Pages: 79 to 83

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4316

ISBN: 978-1-61208-370-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014