Title :
Learning to live with uncertainty in our software
Author_Institution :
Centre for Software Reliability, City Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
Software measurement has been most successful in evaluating and predicting dependability, particularly reliability. There are, however severe limitations to the levels of reliability that can be assured in ways that are scientifically meaningful. The existence of these limits has serious social implications if we wish to place great dependence upon computer systems-for example in some safety-critical applications
Keywords :
performance evaluation; social aspects of automation; software metrics; software reliability; safety-critical applications; social implications; software dependability; software measurement; software reliability; software uncertainty; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Application software; Frequency estimation; Humans; Inductors; Phase frequency detector; Protection; Software safety; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics Symposium, 1994., Proceedings of the Second International
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5865-7
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.1994.344234
