Software Reliability Estimations through Usage Analysis of Specifications and Designs
Wohlin, Claes LU ; Wesslén, Anders LU and Runeson, Per LU
(1996)
In International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering
3(2).
p.101-117
- Abstract
- This paper presents a method proposal for estimation of software reliability before the implementation phase. The method is based upon that a formal specification technique is used and that it is possible to develop a tool performing dynamic analysis, i.e., locating semantic faults in the design. The analysis is performed with both applying a usage profile as input as well as doing a full analysis, i.e., locate all faults that the tool can find. The tool must provide failure data in terms of time since the last failure was detected. The mapping of the dynamic failures to the failures encountered during statistical usage testing and operation is discussed. The method can be applied either on the software specification or as a step in the... (More)
- This paper presents a method proposal for estimation of software reliability before the implementation phase. The method is based upon that a formal specification technique is used and that it is possible to develop a tool performing dynamic analysis, i.e., locating semantic faults in the design. The analysis is performed with both applying a usage profile as input as well as doing a full analysis, i.e., locate all faults that the tool can find. The tool must provide failure data in terms of time since the last failure was detected. The mapping of the dynamic failures to the failures encountered during statistical usage testing and operation is discussed. The method can be applied either on the software specification or as a step in the development process by applying it on the software design. The proposed method allows for software reliability estimations that can be used both as a quality indicator, and for planning and controlling resources, development times, etc. at an early stage in the development of software systems. (Less)
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; Wesslén, Anders
LU
and Runeson, Per
LU
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- 3
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- 17 pages
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