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Fast fault diagnosis and location
Locating failure root causes in large software systems
Development of large, software-intensive systems is increasingly performed by multiple teams, often at various locations around the globe. Detecting and solving failures is performed during testing and integrating, a process which is taking ever longer – in some cases up to 50% of the product development time. Diagnosing the root cause of failures is not only time-consuming but is also based on expertise of key personnel.
The Spectrum-based Fault Localisation (SFL) method for software root cause location analysis is easy to apply, can be used without specific knowledge and can be performed automatically. As a result, applying SFL to complex embedded software applications provides an effective means of reducing the software test and integration phase.
Method details
Method description
- Equip software code with extra observation points
- Perform tests
- Observe pass/failure for each test and note observation points involved
- Perform statistical algorithms to determine the most likely failure-prone piece of software
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