System evaluation and instrumentation of a special-purpose data processing system using simulation equipment
A. J. Strassman, L. H. Kurkjian · 1958
Testing and instrumentation are essential prerequisities for the completion and operation of any new system. A system can be defined as a number of components that are amalgamated or integrated together to perform a desired operation. Throughout this paper a "component" is considered to be a complete functional part of a data-processing system such as an arithmetic unit or a buffer. To ascertain if a component in the system is going to perform its specific function, it is sometimes necessary for the implementation of tests to be more complex than the component undergoing the testing. This becomes apparent when the component is a part of a large system and has many inputs and outputs.