• DocumentCode
    1297708
  • Title

    Optimal placement of software monitors aiding systematic testing

  • Author

    Ramamoorthy, C.V. ; Kim, K.H. ; Chen, W.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Computer Sci. Dept. of Electrical Engng. & Computer Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    403
  • Lastpage
    411
  • Abstract
    The usefulness of software monitors in testing large programs is discussed. Several types of testing strategies based on the use of monitors are surveyed. Since there is a computational overhead involved in employing monitors, attempts are made to minimize the number of monitors employed. This optimisation problem is formulated and analyzed in graph theoretic terms. Implementation aspects are considered through both discussion and examples.
  • Keywords
    program debugging; graph theoretic terms; optimal placement; optimisation problem; overhead; software monitors; systematic testing; test input and output; test path; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Instruments; Monitoring; Software; Systematics; Testing; Optimal placement; overhead; program testing; software monitor; test-input; test-output; test-path; test-run;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-5589
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSE.1975.6312872
  • Filename
    6312872