DocumentCode
840764
Title
Why failure rates observe Zipf´s law in operational software
Author
Trachtenberg, Martin
Volume
41
Issue
3
fYear
1992
fDate
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
386
Lastpage
389
Abstract
The author proposes a model showing how software developers, when attempting to produce software of a given reliability level with a minimum of resources, create software whose fault content observes Phillip´s and Zipf´s laws. He also proposes a software reliability model based on Zipf´s law that fits Adam´s reliability data on nine software systems with an average correlation coefficient of 0.986. He concludes that software, when and only when optimally developed, displays operational reliability patterns conforming to Zipf´s law
Keywords
software reliability; Adam´s reliability data; Zipf´s law; failure rates; operational software; software reliability model; Data engineering; Displays; Humans; Power engineering and energy; Reliability engineering; Software maintenance; Software reliability; Software systems; Software testing; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.159803
Filename
159803
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