Title :
Software reliability prediction of digital fly control system
Author :
Shaoping, Wang ; Jianfrng, Tao ; Deliang, Kong
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., China
Abstract :
With the rapid development of computer technology, software plays an important and decision-making role in the computer control system, especially in digital flight control systems. How to determine and improve the reliability of software is a critical problem demanding urgent solution. Traditionally, software reliability is determined according to a reliability model based on software testing data after the software has developed, which is not suitable for improving its reliability. This paper studies a method to predict the software reliability in the early development period so as to provide the basis for improving the reliability of software. Application to a digital control software system indicates that this method can predict the reliability of software in the early development period, especially in the requirement period and outline design period, effectively
Keywords :
aircraft computers; aircraft control; program testing; safety-critical software; software fault tolerance; digital control software system; digital flight control system; early development period; error avoidance measures; error detection; fault tolerance; mission path analysis; mission software; module characteristics; outline design period; software development; software reliability prediction; Application software; Computer errors; Control systems; Digital control; Fault diagnosis; Information analysis; Programming; Software reliability; Software systems; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6395-7
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2000.886881