Component testing plan considering distinguishable and undistinguishable components

A system for developing a component testing plan, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the memory to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving, by a data processing system, an indication of at least two distinguishable components there are for testing, resulting in identified distinguished components;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of two or more undistinguishable components to be tested for each of the at least two distinguishable components, resulting in identified undistinguished components, wherein the identified distinguished components and the identified undistinguished components are hardware;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of a level of customer demand using component-based demand forecasting;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of a plurality of test types;
• determining, by the data processing system, a set of combinatorial test options for each of the plurality of test types;
• determining, by the data processing system, a cycle time for each combinatorial test option of the set of combinatorial test options for each test type using component-based demand forecasting;
• cognitively developing, by the data processing system, a component testing plan, the component testing plan comprising a listing of one or more combinatorial tests of the set of combinatorial test options for each test type to be performed and how many times to perform each of the one or more combinatorial tests on a testing machine with a known capacity in order to minimize a total cycle time for all of the plurality of test types and a number of the testing machine needed, wherein the component testing plan comprises, for at least one test type of the plurality of test types, a combinatorial test option of the set of combinatorial test options that comprises two or more of the identified distinguished components and, for each of the two or more of the identified distinguished components, at least two of the identified undistinguished components;
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• implementing the component testing plan on a set of test components on a production line.

A computer program product for developing a component testing plan, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions executable by the processor for performing a method of developing a component testing plan, the method comprising:
• receiving, by a data processing system, an indication of at least two distinguishable components there are for testing, resulting in identified distinguished components;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of two or more undistinguishable components to be tested for each of the at least two distinguishable components, resulting in identified undistinguished components, wherein the identified distinguished components and the identified undistinguished components are hardware;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of a level of customer demand using component-based demand forecasting;
• receiving, by the data processing system, an identification of a plurality of test types;
• determining, by the data processing system, a set of combinatorial test options for each of the plurality of test types;
• determining, by the data processing system, a cycle time for each combinatorial test option of the set of combinatorial test options for each test type;
• cognitively developing, by the data processing system, a component testing plan, the component testing plan comprising a listing of one or more combinatorial tests of the set of combinatorial test options for each test type to be performed and how many times to perform each of the one or more combinatorial tests on a testing machine with a known capacity in order to minimize a total cycle time for all of the plurality of test types and a number of the testing machine needed, wherein the component testing plan comprises, for at least one test type of the plurality of test types, a combinatorial test option of the set of combinatorial test options that comprises two or more of the identified distinguished components and, for each of the two or more of the identified distinguished components, at least two of the identified undistinguished components;
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• implementing the component testing plan on a set of test components on a production line.