Diagnostic system
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1. A diagnostic system for diagnosing a cause of failures of functional tests made on a system under test wherein the system under test includes a plurality of interacting components and wherein the diagnostic system comprises:
- memory means for storing data regarding the components of the system under test wherein data regarding connectivity of components is not necessary, data regarding test results, and data regarding the functional tests applied to the system under test, including information about which operations are performed in the system under test during a functional test and which components are involved in said operations; and
means coupled to said memory means and responsive to data stored therein, for determining sets of components that are logically possible causes of test failures.
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A diagnostic system (10) for diagnosing the cause of failures of functional tests made on a system under test wherein the system under test comprises a plurality of interacting components and wherein the diagnostic system (10) comprises means (20) for interpreting test results based on the set of operations which are involved in carrying out the tests and which components are exercised by operations.
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1. A diagnostic system for diagnosing a cause of failures of functional tests made on a system under test wherein the system under test includes a plurality of interacting components and wherein the diagnostic system comprises:
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memory means for storing data regarding the components of the system under test wherein data regarding connectivity of components is not necessary, data regarding test results, and data regarding the functional tests applied to the system under test, including information about which operations are performed in the system under test during a functional test and which components are involved in said operations; and means coupled to said memory means and responsive to data stored therein, for determining sets of components that are logically possible causes of test failures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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