This white paper discusses how the
Reactis
1 automatic test generation tool
may be used to validate
Simulink
2 models of embedded control
software and to test for conformance of code to Simulink models. Reactis
Tester automatically generates test cases that stress the model. The test
generation often uncovers runtime errors in Simulink models. The generated
tests aim to maximize coverage with respect to a number of test coverage metrics
including Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC). Reactis Simulator
is a simulation environment for Simulink models that enables the user to execute
and debug models and to track coverage during test execution. Reactis
Validator enables an engineer to formalize model requirements as
assertions and perform an automatic search for requirement violations.
Validator performs these checks by thoroughly simulating the model with the
goal of violating assertions. When an assertion fails, Validator returns a test
that highlights the problem. Test suites generated by Reactis serve as a testing
oracle to determine if source code conforms to the behavior of a Simulink model.
The Reactis for C Plugin integrates seamlessly with Reactis to offer white-box
testing for the C code portions of models (C Caller blocks, S-Functions,
and
Stateflow custom code). Similarly, the Reactis for EML
Plugin offers white-box testing of Embedded MATLAB within a model.
