Title :
Fault injection for the masses
Author_Institution :
Reliable Software Technol., USA
fDate :
12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The key technology that the author would like to see adopted by the masses is a family of software fault injection algorithms that can predict where to concentrate testing. From a novelty standpoint, these algorithms were (and still are) unique among other methods of performing fault injection. The author concedes that the algorithms are computational, but the results can provide unequaled information about how “bad things” propagate through systems. Because of that, he thinks fault injection methods are valuable to anyone responsible for software quality, including those working in one-person independent software vendors (ISVs) or even the largest corporations
Keywords :
program testing; software fault tolerance; software performance evaluation; software quality; fault injection methods; largest corporations; one-person independent software vendors; software fault injection algorithms; software quality; software testing; Code standards; Embedded software; Fault tolerance; Performance evaluation; Prediction algorithms; Random number generation; Software algorithms; Software performance; Software quality; Software standards; Software testing; Software tools;