BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CSL-TR-70-11
       ENTRY:: December 01, 1994
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Computer Systems Laboratory
       TITLE:: THE SPOOF: A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF
               FAULTS ON LOGIC NETWORKS
        TYPE:: Technical Report
      AUTHOR:: Clegg, Frederick W.
        DATE:: August 1970
       PAGES:: 46
    ABSTRACT:: In general, one cannot predict the effects of possible
               failures on the functional characteristics of a logic network
               without knowledge of the structure of that network.

               The SPOOF or structure-and parity-observing output function
               described in this report provides a new and convenient means
               of characterizing both network structure and output function
               in a single algebraic expression.

               A straightforward method for the determination of a SPOOF for
               any logic network is demonstrated. Similarities between
               SPOOF's and other means of characterizing network structure
               are discussed. Examples are presented which illustrate the
               ease with which the effects of any "stuck-at" fault - single
               or multiple - on the functional characteristics of a logic
               network are determined using SPOOF's.
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19941201]
         END:: STAN//CSL-TR-70-11