Critical Path Tracing - An Alternative to Fault Simulation
M. Abramovici, Prem R. Menon, David T. Miller · 20th Design Automation Conference Proceedings · 1983
We present an alternative to fault simulation, referred to as critical path tracing, that determines the faults detected by a set of tests using a backtracing algorithm starting at the primary outputs of a circuit. Critical path tracing is an approximate method, but the approximations introduced occur seldom and do not affect its usefulness. This method is more efficient than conventional fault simulation.