The Ability to Test Fourth-generation Products

(this talk will be in Italian)

With the advent of the 4th industrial revolution, products start hitting the market that exhibit new challenges to testers.

Key element of 4th generation cyber-physical products is the dominant impact of software on product features. Nevertheless, traditional software testing is no longer good enough because these systems learn new behavior. They exhibit a high complexity level as a system of systems, their ability to learn and adapt behavior, and to physically harm humans or the environment. Examples of typical 4th generation products include medical instruments, and autonomous vehicles. However, manufacturers of highly complex systems, such as airplanes or train-sets, also face problems in testing their products. The system components do not interact smoothly and flawlessly as is expected for a 4th generation high-quality product. Moreover, testing a system whose software functionality size exceeds that of traditional software-only products is hardly possible with today’s methods. For solving these problems, the software build into the product must be measured, equally with physical measurements in mechanics for addressing issues of reliability, safety, and delighting users. Based on the measurements, suitable models can be build that in turn can be tested with test cases produced by an artificial intelligence. We use ISO/IEC 19761 for building the model, the methods explained in the series of standards ISO 16355 to automatically select relevant test cases, and Kubernetes and Digital Twins for executing tests automatically and autonomously. These techniques lay the fundamentals for 4th generation product management.

 

Hours:
15:20-15:45
Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Fehlmann
Venue:
NH Milano Congress Center - Scala Hall 4 - Afternoon Session 2
Language:
Italian
Notebook:
No