Certifying the reliability of software

Author

Currit, P. Allen ; Dyer, Michael ; Mills, Harlan D.

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Bethesda, MD, USA

Issue

1

fYear

1986

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

11

Abstract

A description is given of a procedure for certifying the reliability of software before its release to users. The ingredients of this procedure are a life cycle of executable product increments, representative statistical testing, and a standard estimate of the MTTF (mean time to failure) of the product at the time of its release. The authors also discuss the development of certified software products and the derivation of a statistical model used for reliability projection. Available software test data are used to demonstrate the application of the model in certification process.

Keywords

reliability theory; software reliability; statistical analysis; MTTF; certification process; certified software products; executable product increments; life cycle; mean time to failure; reliability; reliability projection; software; standard estimate; statistical model; statistical testing; Certification; Software; Software reliability; Standards; Statistical analysis; Testing; Incremental development; software reliability certification; software reliability models; statistical quality control; statistical testing process;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSE.1986.6312914

Filename

6312914