This white paper discusses how the Reactis automatic test generation tool may be used to validate Simulink 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 run-time 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 check 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.
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The automated testing and validation capabilities of the Reactis tool suite significantly improve the gains realized from a model-based design process. Reactis can successfully test, simulate, and debug discrete-time Simulink models. Combined with Reactis for C, Reactis also provides a robust test-generation and debugging capability for C code, and for performing back-to-back tests of models vs. code. Jenkins is a popular open-source automation server which is used to build and test software systems. This white paper describes the steps necessary to use Reactis within a Jenkins-controlled build and test process.
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The automated testing and validation capability of the Reactis tool suite significantly enhances the gains realized from a model-based design process. Reactis can successfully test, simulate, and debug models created using the dSPACE TargetLink® block set. Reactis for C provides a robust test-generation and debugging capability for TargetLink-generated C code.
This document describes the steps necessary to configure Reactis and TargetLink models for test generation, simulation, and debug and for the execution and validation of automatically-generated C code.
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The Reactis Safety Manual discusses how Reactis, an automated testing and validation tool, may be used to comply with the ISO 26262 standard. The standard prescribes a system of steps to manage the functional safety of automotive electronics. Part 6 (ISO 26262-6) addresses product development at the software level and is the focus of this paper.
When using a model-based design process employing MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, Reactis automates a number of the verification activities mandated by ISO 26262. Reactis offers a number of model navigation capabilities that facilitate design walk-throughs and inspections at both the architectural and unit levels. The Reactis Validator component lets you formalize safety requirements as assertions and then check for violations using semi-formal verification. These checks can be performed on both architectural design models and unit design models. Reactis Tester can automatically generate test suites that aim to maximize statement, branch, and modified condition/decision (MC/DC) coverage. Finally, Reactis offers extensive support for back-to-back testing (in which the behavior of code is compared to the behavior of a model).
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This white paper discusses how the automatic test generation tool Reactis for C may be used to find bugs in C programs. Reactis Tester automatically generates test cases that stress a program, often uncovering run-time errors. The generated tests aim to maximize coverage with respect to a number of test coverage metrics including Statement, Decision, Condition and Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC).
Reactis Simulator is a simulation environment for C programs that enables the user to execute and debug programs and to track coverage during test execution.
Reactis Validator enables an engineer to formalize application requirements as assertions and perform an automatic check for requirement violations. Validator performs these checks by thoroughly simulating the model with the goal of violating assertions. When an assertion fails (or a runtime error is detected), Validator returns a test that may be run in Simulator to replay a concrete execution sequence leading to the problem in order to understand, diagnose, and fix the bug.