Reproducible testing of monitors

The work

AuthorsPer Brinch Hansen
Typearticle
Year1978
Citekeybrinchhansen1978reproducible

Where it appeared

Published inSoftware: Practice and Experience
PublisherWiley
Volume8
Issue6
Pages721--729

Identifiers

DOI10.1002/spe.4380080607

Abstract

This paper describes a systematic method for testing monitor modules which control process interactions in concurrent programs. A monitor is tested by executing a concurrent program in which the processes are synchronized by a clock to make the sequence of interactions reproducible. The method separates the construction and implementation of test cases and makes the analysis of a concurrent experiment similar to the analysis of a sequential program. The implementation of a test program is almost mechanical. The method, which is illustrated by an example, has been used successfully to test a multicomputer network program written in Concurrent Pascal.

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@article{brinchhansen1978reproducible,
  title        = {Reproducible testing of monitors},
  author       = {Per Brinch Hansen},
  year         = {1978},
  journal      = {Software: Practice and Experience},
  volume       = {8},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {721--729},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  doi          = {10.1002/spe.4380080607},
}

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