Analysis of Software Reliability Modeling Considering Testing Compression Factor and Failure-to-Fault Relationship

Author

Huang, Chin-Yu ; Lin, Chu-Ti

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

288

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to relax and improve the assumptions regarding software reliability modeling. To approximate reality much more closely, we take into account the concepts of testing compression factor and the quantified ratio of faults to failures in the modeling. Numerical examples based on real failure data show that the proposed framework has a fairly good prediction capability. Further, we also address the optimal software release time problem and conduct a detailed sensitivity analysis through the proposed model.

Keywords

program testing; sensitivity analysis; software reliability; failure to fault relationship; optimal software release time problem; quantified ratio; sensitivity analysis; software reliability modeling; testing compression factor; Application software; Failure analysis; Hardware; Life testing; Programming; Sensitivity analysis; Software reliability; Software systems; Software testing; System testing; Change point; nonhomogeneous poisson process (NHPP); optimal release time; sensitivity analysis; software reliability growth model (SRGM); software testing.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TC.2009.103

Filename

5372166