QUACK: A Platform for the Quality of New Generation Integrated Embedded Systems

Over the last two years, the QUACK project investigated a new methodology for assessing the quality of heterogeneous, modular and configurable embedded systems, i.e., systems made out of a number of hardware and software components, usually embedded in devices with real-time requirements, and produced in families of different versions and configurations. The main aim of the project was to overcome the limitations of traditional techniques in dealing with the many new aspects and issues that arise, when the addressed class of systems is under concern. This paper surveys the final results of the QUACK project: that is, a new methodology for quality assessment of heterogeneous, modular and configurable embedded systems, throughout the whole software process. © 2004 Elsevier B.V.