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Hardware and Software Reliability Papers
Unit Testing
Tom Rooker's ASQ technical article titled Unit Testing-Approaches, Tools, Traps
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gives a survey on unit testing. This articale is a practical engineering approach to unit testing. The paper gives the "what, why, and who"
associated with unit testing. The approach is applicable to units destined for either software application and firmware. The information presented is
portable to the various programming languages. It is also scalable to meet the demands of complex projects. Finally, the presentation discusses the "non-silver bullet" aspects of unit testing. The article was originally developed from a presentation given to the Research Trianlge Park Software Process Improvement Network (SEI).
Markovian Approach to Software Testing
Tom Rooker's "Knowing When to Say When"presentation describes the implementation
of the Markovian approach to software testing. This approach yields a guaranteed level of software performance in the
field. This technical paper provides the complete definition of the approach, a process template, formuli, etc.
Warranty Planning under Monte Carlo Simulation
Tom Rooker's paper on Warranty Program Planning puts forth an algorithm employing Monte Carlo simulation of expected field performance. This model is further enhanced with the introduction of economic costs associated with normal field actions. Finally matching this model the user can develop decision parameters for determining when the field performance and field cost fall out side of acceptable limits. This algorithm serves as the foundation for Abbott's implementation of AAP071: Warranty Planning.
Graphical System Analysis
Lorna Love and Chris Johnson present an excellent
paper
dealing with diagrams to support the analysis of system failure and
operator error.
Case Study Employing Fault Tree Analysis
Chris Johnson present a
case study using fault tree analysis to visualize the relationship between
human error and organizational failure.
Reliability Engineering Links of Interest
FDA Quality Specification 820
Link to electronic medical records resources
Software engineering body of knowledge
Software Engineering Institute
Unit Test Software Downloads associated with xProgamming
Kent Beck's original papaer on unit testing and xp
Triangle Information Systems Quality Assurance
Crosstalk Magazine
Rosetta stone II less in-depth white paper support
ReliSoft Handbook
Radiation Hardening, SEU, etc.
Exceelent fault tolerant design center
SPC BOK
UML information resource organization
FMECA Info Center
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