A robustness failure is defined within the context of Ballista to be a test case which, when executed, produces a non-robust reaction in the form of a system crash, Restart failure (task hang), or Abort failure ("core dump" or in general generates a signal that causes abnormal task termination).

quot;Snap ring failure" refers to a small metal ring in the transmission that breaks (shatters) as a result of the stresses put on it by an improperly manufactured transmission case. The snap ring itself is not the cause of the problem, just the symptom. There is a groove in the case which is cut too wide on some transmission. This allows the snap ring to twist as the countershaft moves back and forth under load. The more load, the more twist.

A failure is when one of your assertions fails--that is, your program does something wrong, and your JUnit test notices and reports the fact. An error is when some other Exception occurs--one you haven't tested for and didn't expect, such as a NullPointerException or an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.

The IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology (IEEE Std 610.12-1990) defines the following terms: quot;Robustness. The degree to which a system or component can function correctly in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions." quot;Error tolerance. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of erroneous inputs.

Ballista is the product of many years of research in the area of dependability, and particular fault injection, at Carnegie Mellon's Institute for Complex Engineered Systems. The focus of our research has been on repeatability and portability. A complete survey of other approaches is beyond the scope of this FAQ, but can be found in our various publications.

In the development process of software intended on performing computational geometry the following points are of great concern and must be dealt with at the earlist possible instances during both the design and development stages: Proliferation : If the input to a geometric operation has k-digit precision, the output may require higher precision Irrationality : Some operations result in coordinates that have no finite precision (sqrt(3), pi/3 etc..

Ballista in general tests for non-robust reactions to exceptional input conditions. As a really simple example, consider the reaction of the function: to an input value of NULL. Because atoi() takes a character string pointer as an input value and attempts to convert the string to an integer, a NULL input value is an exceptional condition (it doesn't point to a legitimate string, and is additionally not documented to provide a useful function).

The number of software defects (i.e., source code "bugs") will in general be far smaller than the number of robustness failures reported by Ballista. This is because Ballista generates exhaustive combinations of parameter values when doing testing in order to elicit robustness failures in cases that only occur with certain combinations of parameter values.

A.: All our models and their software implementations undergo extensive testing and verification phase using whatever experimental data available from the literature or other experimental labs. In some hard cases, when, for example, direct measurements of parameters are not possible, it takes development and implementation of unique experimental setups and parameter extraction techniques to verify the model and simulation results.

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In WW1 Foo was a mythical and mysterious little "man" who turned up nearly everywhere (especially where there was a bit of nonsense going on). He was shown (usually) as a little bald headed man peering over a stone wall, with the simple inscription "Foo was here". He was chalked on the side of railway carriages, appeared in probably every camp that the 1st AIF served in and generally made his presence felt.

It is the slang name for Puckapunyal, one of the oldest and most important Army bases in Australia. Refer map for location. This should not be confused with "pukka", which is a British Army word for "well presented" or "top notch". Sometimes used in a derogatory way against a foppish, English upper class type who had little respect or time for the "rankers".

It was a nick-name for recruits in WW1. It was given because they were so new that they still enjoyed marmalade jam. After they had been in the Army long enough to get sick of the ONLY type of jam offered they were past the recruit stage. (Cynics say that marmalade jam was the only type offered because all the apricot jam was sent to Gallipoli, where the troops complained of no variation).

A "regular" fill is the application of product between your nail cuticle and the grow-out portion of your artificial nail. This service also includes repairing of any cracks, breakage or lifting of the nail product, and fresh application of polish. Top of page

A "back-fill" is the same as a "regular" fill with the addition of "drilling" or filing off the white portion of the nail product (on the tip of the nail), and applying new, white nail product to the area drilled or filed off. Top of page

A prescribed fire is any fire intentionally ignited to meet specific land management objectives (i.e., to reduce flammable fuels, such as the accumulation of brush, logs, etc. on forest floors; or to help restore ecosystem health). Prescribed fires are preplanned ignitions, with predetermined boundaries. They are conducted only under certain weather conditions (i.e., during periods of low wind) when flame length and heat can be controlled.

Obesity: a simple definition- an excess of body fat that frequently results in a significant impairment of health.

Since Roman times, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, wooden weapons were used throughout Europe for training and practice by warriors, men-at-arms, knights and students of fencing. Wasters save wear and tear on valuable steel swords and help build strength and coordination. Also called "bavins" or later on "cudgels", wooden swords were often of double weight for instructing squires or for use on pells or even tournaments.