A Bayesian approach to confidence in system testing

Author

Bukowski, Richard W. ; Kelley, Brian A.

Author_Institution

Intelligent Autom., Inc., Rockville, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

20-23 Sep 1993

Firstpage

481

Lastpage

487

Abstract

The authors present a purely Bayesian technique for computing the probability that the conclusion reached during a fault isolation is correct given only the results of the (potentially unreliable) tests that have been run and information about the reliability of those tests. This technique is then applied to both off-line and real-time system analysis as a means of determining the potential correctness of a fault isolation conclusion as well as to guarantee (if possible) an arbitrarily selected probability that a conclusion is correct

Keywords

Bayes methods; automatic testing; fault diagnosis; measurement theory; probability; real-time systems; reliability; Bayesian approach; correctness; entropy; fault isolation; integrated diagnostic environment; off-line; probability; real-time; reliability; system analysis; system testing; Automatic testing; Automation; Bayesian methods; Contracts; Logic testing; Programming; Real time systems; Reliability theory; Software testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '93. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0646-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1993.396317

Filename

396317

Link To Document

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