2.1 Correctness

The essential purpose of testing is to determine that a piece of software behaves “correctly.” For ns-3 this means that if we simulate something, the simulation should faithfully represent some physical entity or process to a specified accuracy and precision.

It turns out that there are two perspectives from which one can view correctness. Verifying that a particular model is implemented according to its specification is generically called verification. The process of deciding that the model is correct for its intended use is generically called validation.

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