Assessing the dynamic strength of software systems using interference analysis

Author

Wilder, James O.

Author_Institution

Claremont Grad. Sch., McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

6-9 Nov 1994

Firstpage

343

Lastpage

348

Abstract

The concept of dynamic strength is closely related to reliability: the probability that a software system does not encounter a latent fault during execution. Dynamic strength is assessed by analyzing the interference between the execution profile, a probability density for system size, and the composite static strength distributions. Composite static strength is the sum of the relative software complexity metrics of each of the system´s software modules. Composite static strength is a density function with size as the variate. Latent faults occur in the region of interference when the execution distribution exceeds a critical level of the strength distribution. An important relationship between the execution profile and strength distributions is characterized by the return period function

Keywords

probability; software metrics; software performance evaluation; software reliability; composite static strength distribution; density function; execution distribution; execution profile; interference analysis; latent fault; probability; probability density; return period function; software complexity metrics; software reliability; software system dynamic strength; system size; Aerodynamics; Density functional theory; Failure analysis; Frequency; Hardware; Interference; Reliability theory; Software systems; Stress; System software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Reliability Engineering, 1994. Proceedings., 5th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6665-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSRE.1994.341401

Filename

341401