DocumentCode :
2355377
Title :
Getting a handle on the fault injection process: validation of measurement tools
Author :
Elbaum, Sebastian G. ; Munson, John C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
fYear :
1998
fDate :
20-21 Nov 1998
Firstpage :
133
Lastpage :
141
Abstract :
In any manufacturing environment, the fault injection rate might be considered one of the most meaningful criterion to evaluate the goodness of the development process. In our field, the estimates of such a rate are often oversimplified or misunderstood generating unrealistic expectations on their prediction power. The computation of fault injection rates in software development requires accurate and consistent measurement, which translates into demanding parallel efforts for the development organization. This paper presents the techniques and mechanisms that can be implemented in a software development organization to provide a consistent method of anticipating fault content and structural evolution across multiple projects over time. The initial estimates of fault insertion rates can serve as a baseline against which future projects can be compared to determine whether progress is being made in reducing the fault insertion rate, and to identify those development techniques that seem to provide the greatest reduction
Keywords :
program debugging; program testing; program verification; software metrics; fault injection process; fault insertion rates; manufacturing environment; measurement tool validation; software development organization; software development process; structural evolution; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Fault diagnosis; Manufacturing processes; Programming; Software measurement; Software systems; Software testing; Time measurement;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics Symposium, 1998. Metrics 1998. Proceedings. Fifth International
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9201-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.1998.731238
Filename :
731238
Link To Document :
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