Testing the Performance of Complex System Simulations: in the Production Automation Domain - Softcover

Dürr, Gregor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639271629 ISBN 13: 9783639271621

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Synopsis

Production automation systems are often complex systems as the behavior of the overall system cannot easily be predicted from the behavior of the subsystems. Thus simulation is used to study the behavior of complex production automation systems. In addition to the accuracy of the simulation the system performance is an important issue, particularly if many parameter variants for system behavior are to be tested. Parameters for assembly lines are, for instance, scheduling strategy and failure handling strategy. SW testing investigates the quality of the product or service under test. The goal is to generate test cases in a automated and systematic way to find suitable scenarios for most of the requirements in a short period of time. In this thesis, the test cases define input data to simulate complex distributed assembly line systems by means of a simulation tool. The thesis presents an effective method for testing the performance of test case generator approaches. The evaluation part explores how the ontology-based approach reduces costs for test description, enables a definable test coverage, and increases expandability due to lower efforts to implement new test case parameters.

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About the Author

Gregor Dürr, Dipl.-Ing.: Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology, Major field of study: Advanced Software Engineering

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3639271629
• ISBN 13: 9783639271621
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144