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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Eitan Farchi, Pardes Hana, IL;
Itai Segall, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Rachel Tzoref-brill, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G01R 31/3183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/31835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for modeling a test space comprising defining a coverage model including: one or more variables, wherein respective values for the variables are assigned, and restrictions based on which valid variable value combinations are determined for the purpose of testing the model, wherein at least two values that are assignable to the one or more variables are merged to reduce number of variable values in the coverage model.