Patent 8433953 was granted and assigned to The Mathworks on April, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A test for testing at least one of hardware or software in a first environment is generated. A desired test configuration is selected based on information regarding respective hardware or software. Test elements are automatically generated based on the desired test configuration, the test elements adapted to test at least one of the hardware or software. At least one of the hardware or software is automatically tested using a subset of the test elements. A result of testing is produced.