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Multi-Relationship Evaluation Design: Formalization Of An Automatic Test Plan Generator

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Brian A. Weiss, Linda C. Schmidt

Abstract

The number of intelligent and advanced technologies in the manufacturing, military and homeland security industries is increasing. Evaluating these technologies is a critical step in their development cycle. Test designers have put forth considerable effort in creating methods to accelerate the test-plan development process. The Multi-Relationship Evaluation Design (MRED) methodology is an automatic test plan generator. MRED collects multiple inputs, processes them interactively with a test designer and outputs evaluation blueprints that specify key test-plan characteristics. This paper describes MRED's process and presents the mathematical representations used by MRED and the stakeholder preference handling strategy. A robot arm is the example used to demonstrate MRED.
Citation
Expert Systems With Applications
Volume
40
Issue
9
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Testing, Evaluation, Performance Assessment, Test plans, Stakeholder Preferences
Manufacturing and Manufacturing systems design and analysis

Citation

Weiss, B. and Schmidt, L. (2013), Multi-Relationship Evaluation Design: Formalization Of An Automatic Test Plan Generator, Expert Systems With Applications, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913054 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created July 26, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017
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