Testing a software-based PID controller using metamorphic testing

PECCS 2011 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 387-396

  Chen, T Y ^a   Kuo, F C ^a   Tam, W K ^a   Merkel, R ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control engineering; Embedded software; Embedded system; Metamorphic testing; PID controller; Software testing

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING; EFFECTIVE TESTING; HIGH RELIABILITY; METAMORPHIC TESTING; MILITARY SYSTEMS; PID CONTROLLERS; PROCESS INPUTS; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE CONTROLLERS; RATE OF CHANGE; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE-BASED;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TESTING; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 80052478259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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