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A testing-based approach to ensure the safety of shared resource concurrent systems

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  • Lars-Ã…ke Fredlund
  • Julio Mariño
  • Raúl NN Alborodo
  • Ã ngel Herranz

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The paper describes a framework for testing a class of safety-critical concurrent systems implemented using shared resource specifications. Shared resources contain declarative specifications of process interaction that can be used to derive, in a model-driven way, the most critical parts of a concurrent system. Here, we propose their use to build a state-based model that will help in testing a real implementation of the resource. The framework has been implemented using Erlang and QuickCheck and its source code is available. The paper also provides a novel parametric operational semantics for shared resources with scheduling policy annotations and a methodology to guide test-case generation from the shared resource specifications and a classification of common mistakes. We illustrate our framework by applying it to testing Java implementations of a prototypical automated shipping plant.

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  • Lars-Ã…ke Fredlund & Julio Mariño & Raúl NN Alborodo & à ngel Herranz, 2016. "A testing-based approach to ensure the safety of shared resource concurrent systems," Journal of Risk and Reliability, , vol. 230(5), pages 457-472, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:risrel:v:230:y:2016:i:5:p:457-472
    DOI: 10.1177/1748006X15614231
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