CASRE: a computer-aided software reliability estimation tool

The construction of a computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tool for a systematic and automatic application of software reliability modeling for real-world projects is described. Emphasis is placed on the practical project applications of existing software reliability models for better software reliability estimations. This CASE tool is built on top of existing software reliability models, called component models, as the baseline for software reliability measurement. The main advantage of this tool over other similar tools is its various reliability estimations under a paradigm which linearly combines the component models. This tool features an enhanced graphical user-interface which greatly facilitates the potentially tedious application procedure for software reliability estimation