A Method Proposal for Early Software Reliability Estimation

Claes Wohlin; Per Runeson

doi:10.1109/ISSRE.1992.285849

A Method Proposal for Early Software Reliability Estimation

Claes Wohlin, Per Runeson

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Abstract

Presents a method proposal for estimation of software reliability before the implementation phase. The method is based upon a formal description technique and that it is possible to develop a tool for performing dynamic analysis, i.e. locating semantic faults in the design. The analysis is performed by applying a usage profile as input as well as doing a full analysis, i.e. locating all faults that the tool can find. The tool must provide failure data in terms of time since the last failure was detected. The mapping of the dynamic failures to the failures encountered during statistical usage testing and operation is discussed. The method can be applied either on the software specification or as a step in the development process by applying it on the design descriptions. The proposed method allows for software reliability estimations that can be used both as a quality indicator, and also for planning and controlling resources, development times etc. at an early stage in the development of software systems

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 3rd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE)
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	156-163
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0-8186-2975-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE.1992.285849
Publication status	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes
Event	Third International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE '92) - Research Triangle Park, NC, United States Duration: 1992 Oct 7 → 1992 Oct 10

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Conference	Third International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE '92)
Country/Territory	United States
Period	1992/10/07 → 1992/10/10

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Software Engineering

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Wohlin, C & Runeson, P 1992, A Method Proposal for Early Software Reliability Estimation. in Proceedings 3rd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 156-163, Third International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE '92), United States, 1992/10/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE.1992.285849

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