The Many Methods to Measure Testability: A Horror Story.

Abstract

The author has personally modeled designs varying from a Small Scale Integration (SSI) printed circuit board (PCB) up to a modern tank Fire Control System (FCS) of over 20 boxes using over a dozen Testability Figure of Merit (TFOM) tools. These various algorithms used a total of 70 different outputs that were intended to measure the TFOM inherent for a particular design. This paper will first review and categorize all of these TFOM values. Next, will be an attempt to lay the groundwork necessary to figure out if the optimum TFOM should be 'one magic number' or several unique numbers. And finally, if several, what could they be?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA193682

Entities

People

  • Jim C. Bussert

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambiguity
  • Circuit Boards
  • Classification
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Equipment
  • False Alarms
  • Feedback
  • Figure Of Merit
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Specifications
  • Standards

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