• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39C no.9
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• pp.880-886
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• 2014

Many railway signalling functions have increasingly depended on computer software with recent development in computing technology, leading to evolution into more flexible and intelligent railway signalling system. Meanwhile, software programs are likely to have many errors and the cost incurred by such errors has increased. Especially, if fatal software error occurs during railway operation, it may result in loss of lives. So the software verification and validation have become more important. It is needed for software functional safety tool to support these, but most commercial tools depend on direct access to the system's memory, resulting in many difficulties in application. Owing to such difficulties and complexity, they are rarely used in railway signalling system software validation. In this study, a new testing tool for software functional testing through an external interface that can be easily used in functional testing of software was developed. Such testing tool allows development and analysis of test cases for black-box testing through analysis of actually used interface protocols, leading to increased user convenience.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.272-279
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• 2007

Recently, train control system is adopting computer system replacing mechanical system and its software is taking more responsibility than ever. Train control system software is a safety-critical embedded software with realtime and high reliability requirements. In this paper, we propose a safety assessment method for the train control system software. We review characteristics of train control system software and analyze related international software safety standards to derive requirements for safety assessment. Testing tools used for embedded software are surveyed to find a feasible safety assessment architecture. The proposed safety assessment method is to use safety activity results generated during development processes and feed them to the runtime embedded software testing tool.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.307-314
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• 2014

Recently, software reliability and safety issues are seriously considered since failures of embedded systems may cause the damages of human lifes. For verifying and testing embedded software, execution environment including sensors and actuators should be prepared in the actual plants or virtual forms on PC. In this paper, we provide the virtual prototype based code simulation techniques and testing framework on PC. Virtual prototypes are generated by combining the Adobe's Flash SWF images corresponding to the state machine of HW or environment components. Code simulation on PC is possible by replacing the device drivers into virtual drivers which connect to virtual prototypes. Also, testing is performed by controlling the states of virtual prototype and simulators. By using these tools, embedded software can be executed in the earlier development phase and the efficiency and SW quality can be enhanced.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.107-114
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• 2023

Successful implementations of DevOps practices significantly improvise software efficiency, collaboration and security. Most of the organizations are adopting DevOps for faster and quality software delivery. DevOps brings development and operation teams together to overcome all kind of communication gaps responsible for software failures. It relies on different sets of alternative tools to automate the tasks of continuous integration, testing, delivery, deployment and monitoring. Although DevOps is followed for being very reliable and responsible environment for quality software delivery yet it lacks many quantifiable aspects to prove it on the top of other traditional and agile development methods. This research evaluates quantitative performance of DevOps and traditional/ agile development methods based on software metrics. This research includes three sample projects or code repositories to quantify the results and for DevOps integrated selective tool chain; current research considers our earlier proposed and implemented DevOps hybrid model of integrated automation tools. For result discussion and validation, tabular and graphical comparisons have also been included to retrieve best performer model. This comparative and evaluative research will be of much advantage to our young researchers/ students to get well versed with automotive environment of DevOps, latest emerging buzzword of development industries.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.1 no.1 s.1
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• pp.75-78
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• 2005

Although many tests for stabilization of the software have been done, vulnerability test for a system run by combination of the software of various products has not been conducted enough. This has led to increased threats and vulnerability of system. Especially, web-based software system, which is public, has inherent possibility of exposure to attacks and is likely to be seriously damaged by an accident. Consequently, comprehensive and systematic test plans and techniques are required. Moreover, it is necessary to establish a procedure for managing and handling the results of vulnerability test. This paper proposes vulnerability test plans and designs for implementing automated tools, both of which can be complied with on web-based software systems.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.15-20
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• 2019

Fundamental processes in digital forensic investigation - such as disk imaging - were developed when digital investigation was relatively young. As digital forensic processes and procedures matured, these fundamental tools, that are the pillars of the reset of the data processing and analysis phases of an investigation, largely stayed the same. This work is a study of modern digital forensic imaging software tools. Specifically, we will examine the feature sets of modern digital forensic imaging tools, as well as their development and release cycles to understand patterns of fundamental tool development. Based on this survey, we show the weakness in current digital investigation fundamental software development and maintenance over time. We also provide recommendations on how to improve fundamental tools.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.388-401
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• 2006

A tool for analyzing and testing software in real-time is required for the efficient development of highly reliable real-time mobile embedded software This too] requires various technologies, such as source code based white-box test and real-time system monitoring and control. The tool also should be designed to improve reusability and portability by considering the interaction with other kinds of real-time system. This paper identifies and analyzes the functional requirements for the test tool on real-time mobile embedded software and suggests an adequate tool architecture based on the collected requirements. It also suggests the specific implementation technology and architecture design pattern to support the tool's expandability and portability.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.132-137
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• 2015

A real-time system is a system wherein the behavior of the system depends not only on the input but also on the timing of the input. Timed automata is a widely used model for real-time system modeling and analysis. Model-based testing is employed to check whether the system under test (SUT) works according to the model specifications by using test cases generated from models that represent software requirements. In this paper, a case study was performed applying the timed automata based testing tools, UPPAAL-TRON, UPPAAL-COVER and SYMBOLRT, to the same system. Comparison of the testing approaches and tools is then made based on the results of the case study.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.127-138
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• 2024

In this paper, structural behavior under fire conditions is comprehensively examined, and a novel software interface for testing interfaces efficiently is developed and validated. In order to accurately assess the response of structures to fire scenarios, advanced simulation techniques and modeling approaches are incorporated into the study. This interface enables accurate heat transfer analysis and thermo-mechanical simulations by integrating software tools such as CSI ETABS, CSI SAP2000, and OpenSees. Heat transfer models can be automatically generated, simulation outputs processed, and structural responses interpreted under a variety of fire scenarios using the proposed technique. As a result of rigorous testing and validation against established methods, including Cardington tests on scales and hybrid simulation approaches, the software interface has been proven to be effective and accurate. The analysis process is streamlined by this interface, providing engineers and researchers with a robust tool for assessing structural performance under fire conditions.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.21-31
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• 2020

The study examined information retrieval tools as predictors for information resources utilization, four research questions, and four hypotheses were made to guide the study. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study. Random sampling technique was used to select sample of 393 from a population of 557 academic staff registered in the University of Port Harcourt library. The questionnaire was adopted as a data collection instrument titled Information retrieval as predictors for information resources utilization (IRPIRUQ). Data were analyzed using both simple and multiple regression while analysis of variance (ANOVA) associate with regression was used for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The study revealed that information resources are under utilized as the OPAC and Online Databases are not easily accessed. Further findings showed that the academic staff made use of internet search engines more often than the OPAC and online databases. It was recommended among others that a new library software be installed in place of KOHA for wider connectivity and adequate distribution of software that will aid usage of the online databases and OPAC.