Automatic Test Program Generation.

Abstract

The objective of the research is to design an automation aid for generating test programs that will (1) reduce the required user expertise, (2) reduce labor, (3) enhance efficiency, (4) improve user confidence, and (5) provide documentation for furture utilization and maintenance. The report presents a test description language, NOPAL, in which a user may describe diagnostic tests, and a software system which automatically generates test programs for an automatic test equipment based on the descriptions of tests. The software system accepts as input the tests specified in NOPAL, performs syntax analysis, and constructs a directed graph. Based on the graph the system proceeds to check for consistency, completeness, and unambiguity in the supplied descriptions. The execution sequence of the tests is then optimized. Finally, an efficient program in a test equipment programming language, OPAL, is generated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054910

Entities

People

  • Yung Ko Chang

Organizations

  • Moore School of Electrical Engineering

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coding
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Test Equipment

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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