Design of Controlled Random Tests with the Given Hamming Distance
https://doi.org/10.35596/1729-7648-2024-30-4-62-72
Abstract
The article considers the issues of testing computing systems and their components. It shows the low efficiency of probabilistic testing due to the failure to use the available information about both the test object and previously generated test sets. It is noted that it is promising to use information about previous test sets when constructing controlled probabilistic tests. A class of controlled probabilistic tests with a small number of test sets is identified and studied. Known standard controlled probabilistic tests with a small number of test sets are analyzed. A method for generating controlled probabilistic tests with a given Hamming distance is considered, the basis of which is the representation of binary test sets as a set of symbols of other number systems. Providing a given value of the Hamming distance for a controlled probabilistic test in a non-binary number system guarantees the same value for the binary interpretation of the generated test sets. The efficiency of the proposed test construction method is experimentally analyzed and confirmed for the case of testing memory devices for the presence of complex faults of mutual influence.
About the Authors
V. N. Yarmolik
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Belarus
Belarus
Yarmolik V. N., Dr. of Sci. (Tech.), Professor, Professor at the Department of Software for Information Technologies
D. V. Demenkovets
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Belarus
Belarus
Demenkovets Denis Victorovich, M. of Sci., Senior Lecture at the Department of Software for Information Technologies
220013, Minsk, Brovki St., 6
V. A. Levantsevich
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Belarus
Belarus
Levantsevich V. A., M. of Sci., Senior Lecture at the Department of Software for Information Technologies
V. V. Petrovskaya
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Belarus
Belarus
Petrovskaya V. V., M. of Sci., Assistant Professor
at the Department of Software for Information Technologies
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Yarmolik V.N., Demenkovets D.V., Levantsevich V.A., Petrovskaya V.V. Design of Controlled Random Tests with the Given Hamming Distance. Digital Transformation. 2024;30(4):62-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35596/1729-7648-2024-30-4-62-72
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