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Ellims, M. "The Effectiveness of t-way Test Data Generation", Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (Open University)
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Ellims, M. Parker, P. Zurlo, J. "Design and Analysis of a Robust Real-time Engine Control Network", IEEE Micro (Special Edition: Critical Embedded Automotive Networks) Vol. 22 No. 4, Jul/Aug 2002 pp 14-19
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C.E. Wartnaby, S.M. Bennett and M. Ellims, R.R. Raju, M.S Mohammed, B. Patel and S.C. Jones, "Auto-generated production code development for Ford/Think Fuel Cell Vehicle Programme", SAE Word Congress 2003 SAE Technical Paper Series 2003-01-0863. Reprinted in the Journal of the SAE 2004.
Ellims, M. Bridges, J. Ince, D.C. "The Economics of Unit Testing", Empirical Software Engineering (EmSE), Vol. 11, No. 1 Jan 2006.
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Ellims, M. Bowen, B, “Lessons Learnt in Testing High-Reliability Automotive Software”, SAE Technical Paper Series 982814. Reprinted in "Automotive Electronics Reliability", Ed. R.K Jurgen, SAE 2000.
Ellims, M. Parkins, Richard P. “Unit Testing Techniques and Tool Support”, SAE Technical Paper Series 1999-01-2842
Ellims, M. Jackson, K., “IS0 9001: Making the Right Mistakes”, SAE Technical Paper Series 2000-01-0714.
Ellims, M. “Hardware in the Loop Testing”, Proc. ImechE Symposium, IEE Control 2000, Cambridge England.
Ellims, M. Evans, R. Hobley, K.M. Kendall, I. "When is Software Ready for Production? Parallels with Automotive QS9000 Methods", Proc. of the 8th Safety-critical Systems Symposium, 2000.
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Ellims, M. “Software Quality and European Law”, SAE Technical Paper Series 2001-01-0016.
Ellims, M. "On Wheels, Nuts and Software", 9th Australian Workshop on Safety Related Programmable Systems (SCS'04), Brisbane. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 38. Tony Cant, Ed. (Keynote address).
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Ellims, M. Bridges, J. Ince, D.C. "Unit Testing In Practice", 15th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE’04) Saint_Malo, France.
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Bridges, J. Wartnaby, C.E. Stannard, D. Styles, J. Ellims, M. “Frameworks for Power and Systems Management in Hybrid Vehicles: Challenges and Prospects”, SAE Technical Paper Series 2006-21-0005.
Ellims, M. “Is Security Necessary for Safety?”, Embedded Security in Cars (ESCAR’06) Berlin, 2006. (Invited Paper).
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M. Ellims, D. Ince, and M. Petre, “The Csaw C Mutation Tool: Initial Results,” Third Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation 2007), Windsor UK, 2007.
The abstract and link to the files for building the Csaw mutation program used in this work is here.
Ellims, M. “Thoughts on the relative importance of experience and techniques”. Safety-critical Systems Symposium, 2008. (Invited Paper).
M. Ellims, D. Ince, and M. Petre, “The Effectiveness of T-way Test Data Generation,” 27th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security. (SAFECOMP 2008), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2008.
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M. Ellims, H. Monkhouse, A. Lyon, “ISO 26262: Experience Applying Part 3 To an In-Wheel Electric Motor”, The 6th IET International System Safety Conference 2011, Birmingham UK.
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Ellims, M. Wartnaby, C. Wiseman, M. "Automated Functional Testing of a Battery Control System", 12th International Conference Electronic Systems for Vehicles (Elektonik’05) Baden-Baden 6-7 October 2005. (accepted but withdrawn).
M. Ellims, D. Ince, and M. Petre, "AETG vs. Man: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of Combinatorial Test Data Generation", Open University Technical Report. 2007/08.
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Ellims, M. “The Csaw Mutation Tool Users Manual”. Open University Technical Report. 2007/09.
The abstract is here and a PDF of the manual is here.
Ellims, M. Zurlo, J. "Feed forward engine control system", US Patent 6,564,774 B2,