Title :
Estimating the software reliability of smoothly degrading systems
Author :
Avritzer, Alberto ; Weyuker, Elaine J.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Red Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Presents the application of a domain-based reliability measure to systems that can be represented by Markov chains. A load testing algorithm is presented, and the measure is applied to assess the reliability of these systems after they have been tested. Data are presented for three industrial telecommunications systems that had been tested using the load testing algorithm, tracking the reliability as a function of the degree of system degradation experienced
Keywords :
Markov processes; software metrics; software reliability; telecommunication computing; Markov chains; domain-based reliability measure; industrial telecommunications systems; load testing algorithm; smoothly degrading systems; software reliability estimation; system degradation degree; Application software; Automatic testing; Communication industry; Computer science; Degradation; Software algorithms; Software reliability; Software systems; Software testing; System testing; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Software Reliability Engineering, 1994. Proceedings., 5th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6665-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISSRE.1994.341370
