<p> </p><p>Most software today is concurrent and are used in everything from cell-</p><p>phones, washing machines, cars to aircraft control systems. The reliability</p><p>of the concurrent software may be more or less critical, depending on which</p><p>a.o. domain it is functioning in. Irrespective of domain, the concurrent</p><p>software must be sufficiently reliable.</p><p>It is therefore interesting to study how adaptable test methods for sequential</p><p>software are to test concurrent software. Novel test methods for concurrent</p><p>software can be developed by adapting test methods for sequential software.</p><p>In this dissertation, adaptability factors have been identified by conducting</p><p>a literature survey over state-of-the-art test methods. Directions taken in</p><p>the research of concurrent software testing is described by the survey. The</p><p>survey also demonstrates differences and similarities between test methods.</p><p>Three research contributions has been achieved by this dissertation. First,</p><p>this dissertation presents a survey over state-of-the-art-test methods. The</p><p>second contribution is the identified adaptability factors that should be</p><p>added to a test method for sequential software, that will be adapted to test</p><p>concurrent software. Finally, the third contribution to the field of concurrent</p><p>software testing is the identified future work in areas where test methods for</p><p>concurrent software has not been researched much or at all.</p><p> </p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:his-3173 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Radnoci, Ramon |
| Publisher | University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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