Test method

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A test method is a method for a test in science or engineering, such as a physical test, chemical test, or statistical test. It is a definitive procedure that produces a test result. In order to ensure accurate and relevant test results, a test method should be "explicit, unambiguous, and experimentally feasible.", as well as effective and reproducible. A test can be considered an observation or experiment that determines one or more characteristics of a given sample, product, process, or service. The purpose of testing involves a prior determination of expected observation and a comparison of that expectation to what one actually observes. The results of testing can be qualitative (yes/no), quantitative (a measured value), or categorical and can be derived from personal observation or the output of a precision measuring instrument. Usually the test result is the dependent variable, the measured response based on the particular conditions of the test or the level of the independent

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Testing the Production Cell Case Study from CO-OPN Specification

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The purpose of this work is to evaluate, by means of a case study, our formal testing method for object-oriented software. For this purpose we propose the development of an object-oriented application of realistic size, addressing all the phases of the software life-cycle: requirements, analysis, design, formal description, implementation and testing. Analysis and design are performed with the Fusion method, formal description with the CO-OPN language, implementation with Ada 95 and test selection with our testing method. The description of the production cell case study and Fusion models are presented in technical report EPFL-DI 98/298. This report presents the formal description and testing phase.

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