• DocumentCode
    1147909
  • Title

    Good Controllability and Observability Do Not Guarantee Good Testability

  • Author

    Savir, Jacob

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    1198
  • Lastpage
    1200
  • Abstract
    In this paper we show that good controllability and observability do not guarantee good testability. In fact, one can easily find examples of faults that are difficult or impossible to detect, although both the controllability and observability figures are good.
  • Keywords
    Controllability; deterministic testing; observability; random testing; testability; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Controllability; Costs; Digital circuits; Electrical fault detection; Equations; Fault detection; Jacobian matrices; Observability; Controllability; deterministic testing; observability; random testing; testability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1983.1676183
  • Filename
    1676183