Graph-based GP approach to microprocessor system testing

Abstract

Testing of microprocessor system is a critical issue not only because of their complexity, but also because of their specific characteristics to intensify all difficulties . Functional testing is an effective solution which consists in suitable test program executing by microprocessor. This paper presents an approach to automatic test program generation and implementation exploiting an genetic programming techniques based on the test program representation as direct graph. It overcomes the main limitation of previous techniques and provides significantly better results.