Environment behavior models for real-time reactive system testing automation

摘要

We explored the effectiveness of using attributed event grammars (AEG) based environment behavior models as a method for testing and analyzing real-time, reactive software systems. The AEG specifies possible event traces and provides a uniform approach for automatically generating and executing test cases. We have demonstrated the approach through a case study (Paderborn Shuttle System Control Software) and performed three kinds of experiments: software correctness testing, system performance analysis and study of design alternatives.