Characterization of operating systems behavior in the presence of faulty drivers through software fault emulation

Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing, PRDC

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 201-209

  Duraes, João ^a   Madeira, Henrique ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benchmark testing; Emulation; Failure analysis; Genetic mutations; High level languages; Operating systems; Programming; Software systems; Software testing; Time to market

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

BENCHMARK TESTING; EMULATION; GENETIC MUTATIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; TIME TO MARKET;

HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES;

EID: 84948778136     PISSN: 15410110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PRDC.2002.1185639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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