Abstract
After stressing the current need for quantitative measures of software reliability for prediction, monitoring, and a posteriori assessment purposes, the paper provides a categorization and a description of those approaches leading to practical applications. Three main approaches to quantitatively assessing software reliability are identified, namely, models adapted from classical reliability theory wherein reliability is expressed in terms of software error rate; models based on sampling techniques applied to the error domain or to input data domain and models based on program complexity measures. Underlying assumptions and areas of application are indicated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 33. 1-33. 11 |
| Journal | AGARD Conference Proceedings |
| Issue number | 261 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1979 |
| Event | Avionics Reliab, Its Tech and Relat Discip, Pap Presented at Meet of Avionics Panel - Ankara, Turk Duration: 9 Apr 1979 → 13 Apr 1979 |