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Validation and Certification of Safety-Critical Embedded Systems – The DECOS Test Bench

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Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security (SAFECOMP 2006)

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The integrated EU-project DECOS (Dependable Embedded Comp-onents and Systems) aims at developing an integrated architecture for embedded systems to reduce life-cycle costs and to increase dependability of embedded applications. To facilitate the certification process of DECOS-based applications, the DECOS Test Bench constitutes a framework to support Validation & Verification. By implementing a modular approach, an application safety case merely contains the application-specific issues and re-uses the safety arguments of the “generic” safety cases of the DECOS platform. The Test Bench covers the complete life cycle from the platform-independent models to deployment, including model validation and transformations. The safety cases are based on validation-plans (v-plans) comprising the steps to validate the safety requirements. The Test Bench provides a methods/tools repository, guidelines to generate and execute v-plans, and integration of tools and of remotely distributed test beds.

Research supported in part by EU IST-FP6-511764 (DECOS).

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Schoitsch, E. et al. (2006). Validation and Certification of Safety-Critical Embedded Systems – The DECOS Test Bench. In: Górski, J. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security. SAFECOMP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4166. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11875567_28

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