A simulation based trainer for software reliability modeling

Author

Jones, Edward L. ; Rembert, Aubrey J.

Author_Institution

Comput. & Inf. Sci. Dept., Florida A&M Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

27-30 Nov. 2001

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

165

Abstract

The paper presents RANDREL, a simulator based trainer for reliability testing. Reliability testing is modeled as a random walk through the program execution state space into which an initial set of faults has been seeded. When a fault is encountered during the simulation, a failure is reported, the tester fixes the fault and resumes reliability testing. After each failure, the reliability growth model is updated and used to determine whether the reliability goal has been achieved. RANDREL provides a low-cost environment for learning reliability testing and modeling, and for exploring factors that contribute to the effectiveness of reliability testing. The paper describes the capabilities of RANDREL and the methodology being used to validate the model.

Keywords

computer based training; computer science education; program testing; project management; software reliability; teaching; virtual machines; RANDREL; fault reporting; low-cost environment; program execution state space; random walk; reliability goal; reliability growth model; reliability testing; simulator based trainer; software reliability modeling; Costs; Performance evaluation; Resumes; Software measurement; Software performance; Software reliability; Software testing; State-space methods; System testing; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Reliability Engineering, 2001. ISSRE 2001. Proceedings. 12th International Symposium on

ISSN

1071-9458

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1306-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSRE.2001.989469

Filename

989469