The Equipment Qualification Testing Framework: Model Driven Development for Design and Model-Based Testing for Verification

Abstract

Computer control systems (CCS) are an important for operation and maintenance of safety- critical infrastructures. A challenge in such systems implementation is certification and licensing against national and international regulatory requirements. Environmental tests are applied to check that equipment of the CCS can withstand the rigors of harsh environments, for example high and low temperature and humidity, water drops and dust, seismic vibration and acceleration, electromagnetic interference, radiation, etc. It can happen that environmental tests emphasis is methods, level and types of environmental impacts, but there is a question about functions which shall perform a system under test before, during and after test impact application. Equipment Qualification Testing Framework is proposed. The requirements to system operation under test is described in view of a model. Model Driven Development methodology is applied for design and Model-based Testing methodology is applied for verification