Mutation-based diagnostic test generation for hardware design error diagnosis
Shujun Deng, Kwang-Ting Tim Cheng, Jinian Bian, Zhiqiu Kong · 2010
We propose the use of mutation-based error injection to guide the generation of high-quality diagnostic test patterns. A software-based fault localization technique is employed to derive a ranked candidate list of suspect statements. Experimental results for a set of Verilog designs demonstrate that a finer diagnostic resolution can be achieved by patterns generated by the proposed method.