Software reliability: to use or not to use?

Author

Lyu, Michael R.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Morristown, NJ

fYear

1994

fDate

6-9 Nov 1994

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

73

Abstract

Research activities in software reliability engineering have been vigorous in the past two decades since Z. Jelinski and P.B. Moranda (1972) proposed the first software reliability model. Since then, numerous software reliability models and measurement procedures have been proposed for the prediction, estimation, and engineering of software reliability. However, there seems to be a gap among the software engineering practitioners regarding the use of software reliability. Believers advocate the use of software reliability and promote the stories of success, while skeptics doubt the adequacy, validity, and consistency of software reliability both in terms of its concept and in terms of its practicality

Keywords

research and development management; software reliability; measurement procedures; research activities; software reliability engineering; software reliability model; Communication system control; Control systems; Costs; Decision making; Hardware; Laboratories; Predictive models; Propulsion; Reliability engineering; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Reliability Engineering, 1994. Proceedings., 5th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6665-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSRE.1994.341350

Filename

341350