DocumentCode :
3126758
Title :
Examining fault-tolerance using unlikely inputs: turning the test distribution up-side down
Author :
Voas, Jeffrey M. ; Miller, Keith W.
Author_Institution :
Reliable Software Technol. Corp., Sterling, VA, USA
fYear :
1995
fDate :
25-29 Jun 1995
Firstpage :
3
Lastpage :
11
Abstract :
This paper turns the concept of input distributions on its head to exploit “inverse input distributions”. Although such distributions are not true mathematical inverse functions, they capture the intuitive property of members that have high frequencies in the original distribution have low frequencies in the “inverse” distribution, and vice versa. These new distributions have uses in testing for reliability estimates, and more importantly, fault-tolerance analysis
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; software engineering; fault-tolerance; fault-tolerance analysis; inverse input distributions; reliability estimates; test distribution; unlikely inputs; Fault tolerance; Frequency; Humans; Programming; Protection; Reliability engineering; Robustness; Software measurement; Software testing; Turning;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Assurance, 1995. COMPASS '95. Systems Integrity, Software Safety and Process Security. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gaithersburg, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2680-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CMPASS.1995.521882
Filename :
521882
Link To Document :
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