Improving Protocol Passive Testing through "Gedanken" Experiments with Finite State Machines

N. Kushik, Jorge López, A. Cavalli, N. Yevtushenko
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This paper is devoted to study the use of 'gedanken' experiments with Finite State Machines (FSMs) for protocol passive testing optimization. We discuss how the knowledge obtained from the state identification of an implementation under test (IUT) can be utilized for effective IUT monitoring. Differently from active testing techniques, such identification is performed by only observing the IUT behavior. If the state identification is possible (at least partially), then this fact allows to reduce the number of properties (test purposes) to be checked at certain execution point(s). Correspondingly, this allows to simplify and/or accelerate, i.e. improve the monitoring process by verifying the system behavior only at critical states against the appropriate set of properties associated with a given state. The paper discusses which 'gedanken' experiments can be considered for this purpose and how they can be derived for various specifications of communication protocols. The results presented in the paper are followed by an illustrative protocol example that demonstrates the efficiency of the proposed approach.
利用有限状态机的“Gedanken”实验改进协议被动测试
本文致力于研究有限状态机(FSMs)的“gedanken”实验在协议被动测试优化中的应用。我们讨论了如何从测试中实现(IUT)的状态识别中获得的知识可以用于有效的IUT监测。与主动检测技术不同,这种识别仅通过观察IUT行为来完成。如果状态标识是可能的(至少部分地),那么这个事实就允许减少在某些执行点要检查的属性(测试目的)的数量。相应地,这允许简化和/或加速,即,通过仅在关键状态下根据与给定状态相关的适当属性集验证系统行为来改进监视过程。本文讨论了为此目的可以考虑哪些“gedanken”实验,以及如何为各种通信协议规范推导出这些实验。文中给出了一个协议示例,说明了所提方法的有效性。
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