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Software quality is a multifaceted concept that encompasses not only the functional correctness of software systems but also the structural soundness that underpins long‐term maintainability, ...

One of the areas of embedded software development that engineers seem to struggle with is testing. Engineers often get excited about the design and implementation phases but when it comes to proving ...