Viewer: a User Interface for Failure Region Analysis

Abstract

Two issues gaining interest in the computer community are the development of software testing tools and the increase of graphical user interfaces in all types of software. VIEWER is a program that provides support to a set of tools that work in an integrated fashion to analyze Pascal programs to determine the failure regions associated with identified faults in the program. It is a graphical user interface that facilitates the process of analyzing the program. It provides automated coordination between the tools and as such maintains a certain level of abstraction for the analyst. It allows for rapid and customized improvements in the automation of the analysis process. The thesis discusses the background involved in testing tools, user interfaces, and the combination of the two into a useful tool. An implemented prototype is discussed and an example of failure region analysis performed with the graphical user interface is included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA231955

Entities

People

  • Medio Monti
  • Vicki S. Abel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Human-Computer Interfaces
  • Operating Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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