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Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC), is used in the standard DO-178B to ensure that Level A (Catastrophic) software is tested adequately.
It is a form of exhaustive testing, in that during testing all of the below must be true at least once:
- Each decision tries every possible outcome
- Each condition in a decision takes on every possible outcome
- Each entry and exit point is invoked
- Each condition in a decision is shown to independently affect the outcome of the decision
Independence of a condition is shown by proving that only one condition changes at a time.
The most critical (Level A) software, which is defined as that which could prevent continued safe flight and landing of the aircraft, must satisfy a level of coverage called Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC).
Definitions
- Condition
- A condition is a leaf-level Boolean expression (it cannot be broken down into a simpler Boolean expression).