An architecture-based software reliability model

Author

Wang, Wen-Li ; Wu, Ye. ; Chen, Mei-Hwa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

150

Abstract

We present an analytical model for estimating architecture-based software reliability, according to the reliability of each component, the operational profile, and the architecture of software. Our approach is based on Markov chain properties and architecture view to state view transformations to perform reliability analysis on heterogeneous software architectures. We demonstrate how this analytical model can be utilized to estimate the reliability of a heterogeneous architecture consisting of batch-sequential/pipeline, call-and-return, parallel/pipe-filters, and fault tolerance styles. In addition, we conduct an experiment on a system embedded with three architectural styles to validate this heterogeneous software reliability model

Keywords

Markov processes; software architecture; software reliability; Markov chain; analytical model; batch-sequential pipeline; call-and-return; experiment; heterogeneous architecture; operational profile; parallel pipe-filters; software architecture; software component; software fault tolerance; software reliability model; Analytical models; Computer architecture; Computer science; Connectors; Ducts; Filters; Software architecture; Software quality; Software reliability; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Dependable Computing, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 Pacific Rim International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0371-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PRDC.1999.816223

Filename

816223