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David Kuhn, M S Raunak, Raghu Kacker, Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran, Erin Lanus, Tyler Cody, Laura Freeman
Abstract
Autonomous systems are proliferating rapidly, with strong interest in everything from vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers, to self-driving cars and autonomous farm equipment. Can these systems be trusted to function safely? Many conventional software engineering methods for high-trust software are not well suited to assured autonomy, but concepts from combinatorial testing can add confidence.
Kuhn, D.
, Raunak, M.
, Kacker, R.
, Chandrasekaran, J.
, Lanus, E.
, cody, T.
and Freeman, L.
(2024),
Assured Autonomy through Combinatorial Methods, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2024.3363808, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957175
(Accessed October 8, 2025)