Software-reliability prediction in a multiple processor environment

The author describes a software reliability prediction for a computer system which provides certain human factors, reconfiguration, and database management services to enhance the performance of a switching system. The software which accomplishes these tasks is not resident on any single processor. The prediction methodology, based on the exponential model, shows how failure intensities may be determined and software reliability predictions used to assist in making test management designs. This work provided a reliability allocation and prediction for early use in design and coding of software