{"title":"A Model-Driven Approach for Dependable Software Systems","authors":"M. Jiang, Zhihui Yang","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.3","url":null,"abstract":"High dependability is a key requirement for many types of systems, such as safety-critical systems, telecommunication systems, and mission-critical software systems. Although software components and web services are proven technologies to tackle design complexity, their reliability affects the reliability and availability of the systems they are part of. The composition of components and web services further complicates the issue. For highly dependable systems, the faults of components and web services have to be minimized to achieve overall system dependability. This paper describes a model-driven engineering approach to improve the dependability of domain- specific software systems built with component and web service composition. In this framework, web services and components are specified as model elements and their dependability is enhanced by generating both functional code and protective mechanisms to reduce the impact of component and service failures. The applicability of this approach is demonstrated in our implementation and deployment of mobile services.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124763658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Message of the Program Chairs of STEV'07","authors":"Johannes Mayer, Sami Beydeda","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.35","url":null,"abstract":"The First International Workshop on Software Test Eval- uation (STEV'07) co-located with QSIC'07 is the first work- shop to address the oracle problem in software testing. Unfortunately, this important problem has often been ne- glected. The workshop is intended as a forum for those working in the field of software test oracles and its aim is to foster collaboration among those researcher in order to advance the state of the art. An program with presentations on a lot of topics in the field of test oracles guarantees an interesting and hopefully also inspiring workshop. 30350372","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129907912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-Time Component Composition Using Hierarchical Timed Automata","authors":"Xianli Jin, Huadong Ma, Z. Gu","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.44","url":null,"abstract":"In component-based software development, it is important to use formal models to describe component composition. However, the existing component composition models generally ignore real-time issues. We present a formal integration model based on Hierarchical Timed Automata (HTA) for real-time software system. We present formal definition of components and different component composition techniques. We then introduce the notions of composable and compatible composition, and use Multiset Labeled Transition Systems to represent the interface actions of HTA to perform compositional verification. This hierarchical and unified framework establishes the foundation for formal analysis of real-time properties of the system.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130054721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing against Natural Language Requirements","authors":"H. Sneed","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.61","url":null,"abstract":"Testing against natural language requirements is the standard approach for system and acceptance testing. This test is often performed by an independent test organization unfamiliar with the application area. The only things the testers have to go by are the written requirements. So it is essential to be able to analyze those requirements and to extract test cases from them. In this paper an automated approach to requirements based testing is presented and illustrated on an industrial application.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133095418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing Non-Functional Requirements with Aspects: An Industrial Case Study","authors":"Jani Metsä, Mika Katara, T. Mikkonen","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.62","url":null,"abstract":"Testing is regarded as one of the most resource consuming tasks of an average software project. A common goal of testing related activities is to make sure that requirements are satisfied by the implementation. Although existing tools are often effective in functional testing, emerging nonfunctional requirements set new demands. Aspect-oriented techniques offer a promising approach for capturing such issues under verification. However, prior to industrial adoption more pragmatic guidelines on applying aspects are required. In this paper, we evaluate aspect-oriented techniques in testing non-functional requirements of an industrial system. In addition, we discuss the types of requirements that lend themselves for more efficient testing using aspects than conventional techniques.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127138933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masahiko Watanabe, Akira Fukuda, M. Matsumoto, Hirokazu Yatsu, I. Hosotani, S. Kido
{"title":"A Resource Scheduling Design Method with Model Checking for Distributed Embedded Software","authors":"Masahiko Watanabe, Akira Fukuda, M. Matsumoto, Hirokazu Yatsu, I. Hosotani, S. Kido","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.8","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we deal with the kind of distributed embedded software that is constructed from tasks that communicate with each other by sending and receiving multicast messages. These tasks must share resources. So, it is important to schedule a timetable describing when the tasks occupy the resources so that there is no resource competition and the tasks occupy the resources within pre-specified periods. We call this scheduling process resource scheduling. Because tasks must satisfy many constraints and there are message delays in the communication of the tasks, resource scheduling is a difficult task. So, resource scheduling design methods are necessary. In this paper, we propose a resource scheduling design method that allows multicast messages whose receivers can be more than three tasks and an efficient verification method for the method.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127733148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Automated Approach to System Testing Based on Scenarios and Operations Contracts","authors":"Najla Raza, A. Nadeem, Muhammad Zohaib Z. Iqbal","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.14","url":null,"abstract":"Scenarios are an important mechanism for requirements specification and can be used to generate test paths at the requirements level. UML 2.0 provides a rich set of models for specifying scenarios, however, little work has focused on using UML 2.0 models for system testing. We propose a novel testing approach that uses UML 2.0 models for automated generation of test paths. This is done by enhancing the information with contracts and then formalizing it into a transition system. Test paths are then generated by path traversal of the transition system. The proposed approach is fully automatable and supported by a prototype tool, thus providing a platform for reducing the gap between high level scenarios and system testing.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115345151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coping with API Evolution for Running, Mission-Critical Applications Using Virtual Execution Environment","authors":"Bashar Gharaibeh, Tien N. Nguyen, J. Morris Chang","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.22","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research showed that the majority of compatibility-breaking changes in a component-based, object-oriented software system are refactorings [5]. The software updating process in such system with the presence of heavily refactored application programming interface (API) is largely manual and disruptive to running, mission-critical applications, which are expected to run continuously without any interruptions. To address the online, API update issue for mission-critical systems, we have developed an online updating framework based on virtual execution environment (VEE) such as Java virtual machine. The framework extends the VEE to take the API change log, which records changes to API components, and seamlessly apply proper updates to the running system without human intervention and without shutting down the system. This framework was implemented as an extension to Jikes Research virtual machine. Our experimental study showed that our online update tool requires little overhead while maintaining the consistent state of the updated running application.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128871736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. H. Kim, Jae-Hwan Sim, Chang-Jin Kim, Jin-Young Choi
{"title":"Formal Embedded Operating System Model Based on Resource-Based Design Framework","authors":"J. H. Kim, Jae-Hwan Sim, Chang-Jin Kim, Jin-Young Choi","doi":"10.1109/QSIC.2007.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2007.29","url":null,"abstract":"Embedded operating system(OS) is one of most critical software in safety-critical systems. To certify it to a certification organization, it is recommended that specifications for systems are formally described nowadays. This paper introduces an executable model of embedded real-time OS of which purpose is to certify an embedded OS, called pCOS, to a certification organization in Korean nuclear society. The behavioral model of embedded OS is built by a design framework, called resource-oriented design. In this framework, we would aim at capturing the behavioral models of embedded OS requirement and design separately and verifying them incrementally from functionality and hardware's constraints. By means of resource-oriented design, we can identify the property of hardware resources and acquire a formally verifiable and executable model of embedded OS that can be a proof of its safety.","PeriodicalId":136227,"journal":{"name":"Seventh International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2007)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129154447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}