One of the most significant innovations in test engineering is Giordano Automation's
Concurrent Engineering Tool Set (CETS). CETS consists of a development tool and a run-time tool.
The run-time tool, Diagnostician, provides automated diagnostics in the test environment, and is seamlessly
integrated into any system configuration. The development tool, the Diagnostic Profiler, assists the
engineer in preparing the run-time diagnostic knowledge base.
The Diagnostician is an implementation of a new paradigm for diagnostics: model-based reasoning.
Model-based reasoning means that a diagnostic model of a system or item, derived from design data,
serves as the basis for diagnostic reasoning. The diagnostic model is independent of the source of test
result data and independent of the sequence of tests that are run.
The Diagnostic Profiler and Diagnostician implement model-based diagnostics
that can be applied to embedded diagnostics, manufacturing, field maintenance and depot maintenance.
The tools implement a "re-engineered" test process resulting in significant savings and enable a
concurrent engineering approach to design of diagnostic capability.
