CDST Toolkit

The CDST toolkit automates the testing of Cockpit Display Systems (CDS). The toolkit comprises seven modules, (i) CDS Model Generator, (ii) CDS Comparator, (iii) Reporting Module, (iv) CDS Constraint Specifier, (v) Test Path & Script Generator, (vi) Test Execution Module, and (vii) Cockpit Display Recorder. The toolkit is aimed to assist the avionics engineers in the process of testing CDS i.e., test generation, execution, and evaluation. Further details can be found in the relevant research papers.

Architecture Diagram of CDST Toolkit

Related Research Papers

References:

1. CDS Testing Approach Paper - Journal
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Sartaj, Hassan, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal, and Muhammad Uzair Khan (2021). "Testing cockpit display systems of 
aircraft using a model-based approach." Software and Systems Modeling 20(6):1977–200.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-020-00844-z

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2. CDS Testing Approach Paper - Conference
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Iqbal, Muhammad Zohaib, Hassan Sartaj, Muhammad Uzair Khan, Fitash Ul Haq, and Ifrah Qaisar. "A Model-
Based Testing Approach for Cockpit Display Systems of Avionics." In 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International 
Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), pp. 67-77. IEEE, 2019.

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3. CDST Toolkit Paper
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Sartaj, Hassan, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal, and Muhammad Uzair Khan. "CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit 
Display Systems." In 2020 IEEE 13th International Conference on Software Testing, Validation and 
Verification (ICST), pp. 436-441. IEEE, 2020.

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Bibtex:

1. CDS Testing Approach Paper - Journal
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@article{sartajtesting,
  author={Sartaj, Hassan and Iqbal, Muhammad Zohaib and Khan, Muhammad Uzair},
  title={Testing cockpit display systems of aircraft using a model-based approach},
  journal={Software and Systems Modeling},
  volume={20},
  number={6},
  pages={1977--2002},
  year={2021},
  publisher={Springer Berlin Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg},
  doi={10.1007/s10270-020-00844-z}
}

2. CDS Testing Approach Paper - Conference
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@inproceedings{iqbal2019model,
  title={A Model-Based Testing Approach for Cockpit Display Systems of Avionics},
  author={Iqbal, Muhammad Zohaib and Sartaj, Hassan and Khan, Muhammad Uzair and Haq, Fitash Ul and Qaisar, Ifrah},
  booktitle={2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS)},
  pages={67--77},
  year={2019},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/MODELS.2019.00-14}
}

3. CDST Toolkit Paper
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@inproceedings{sartaj2020cdst,
  title={CDST: A Toolkit for Testing Cockpit Display Systems},
  author={Sartaj, Hassan and Iqbal, Muhammad Zohaib and Khan, Muhammad Uzair},
  booktitle={2020 IEEE 13th International Conference on Software Testing, Validation and Verification (ICST)},
  pages={436--441},
  year={2020},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/ICST46399.2020.00058}
}

Getting CDST

The source code of the complete toolkit can be obtained from the GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/hassansartaj/cdst-toolkit.git

Getting Started

Basic Requirements

• Machine: minimum 4GB RAM and 4-core processor

• OS: Windows 8/10 and MacOS

• Java: JDK 1.8 or higher

• IDE: Eclipse/Netbeans/IntelliJ with Maven addons

Using CDST Toolkit

• Import all modules or a single module in Eclipse IDE
• To use the 'Core' module
  • cdst.core requires the dependent project cdst.textocr
  • First update the cdst.textocr Gradle project
  • For cdst.core, first update the project and then run maven clean from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean
  • For the example test evaluation, run 'CDSDriver' as Java application
• To use the 'CDS Constraints Specifier' module
  • First update cdst.oclgenerator project and then run maven clean from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean
  • Run 'OCLGenMain' as Java application
• To use the 'Test Path & Script Generator' module
  • First update cdst.testgenerator project and then run maven clean from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean
  • For the example test generation, run 'MainDriver' as Java application
  • For the example test script generation, run 'JSBSimScriptGenerator' as Java application
  • For the example test script generation, run 'JSBSimScriptExecutor' as Java application
• To use the 'Cockpit Display Recorder' module
  • First update cdst.cdrecorder project and then run maven clean from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean
  • Run 'RecorderMain' as Java application

Building CDST Toolkit

• Building the 'Core' module
  • cdst.core requires the dependent project cdst.textocr
  • First update the cdst.textocr Gradle project and then run gradle tasks using Eclipse or commands: gradle test, gradle build, gradle clean, gradle tasks
  • For cdst.core, run maven clean and install from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean install
• Building the 'CDS Constraints Specifier' module
  • For cdst.oclgenerator, project run maven clean and install from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean install
• Building the 'Test Path & Script Generator' module
  • For cdst.testgenerator, project run maven clean and install from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean install
• Building the 'Cockpit Display Recorder' module
  • For cdst.cdrecorder project, run maven clean and install from Eclipse or using the command: mvn clean install

Dataset

• pfd-ds-icst: This dataset contains simulation data (images) recorded for 275 minutes (used for ICST paper)
• pfd-ds: This dataset contains simulation data (images) for the PFD case study (used for MODELS paper)
• pfd-sim-ds: This dataset contains simulator raw data for the PFD experimental simulation
• gcs-cds-ds: This dataset contains simulation data (images) for the GCS-CDS case study (used for SoSyM paper)
• gcs-cds-sim-ds: This dataset contains simulator raw data for the GCS-CDS experimental simulation