Can a Model Checker Generate Tests for Non-Deterministic Systems?

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 190, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3-19

  Boroday, Sergiy ^a   Petrenko, Alexandre ^a   Groz, Roland ^b  

^a Cent de Recherche Informatique de Montreal   (Canada)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Black Box; Model Checking; Module Checking; Software; Test Generation; Testing; Verification

Indexed keywords

FAULT DETECTION; MODEL CHECKING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BLACK BOX; MODULE CHECKING; TEST GENERATION;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 34548161894     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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