A decision theory framework for software fault correction

Author

Shaw, Wade H. ; Woffinden, Duard S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., US Air Force Inst. of Technol., Dayton, OH, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

23-27 May 1988

Firstpage

707

Abstract

The use of decision theory concepts in detecting and correcting software faults is considered. The concepts of software faults and failure, symptoms and corrective actions are presented as a way of viewing the software design and test portion of a software development effort. It is shown how probabilistic estimates of software failure based on project histories can be used in a decision-making setting to reduce fault correction cost and time. An algorithm which computes the decision procedure is discussed as well as computational considerations. The impact of the decision-theory model on large-scale software development efforts is presented

Keywords

decision theory; software reliability; computational considerations; corrective actions; decision theory framework; failure; large-scale software development efforts; probabilistic estimates; project histories; software design; software development; software fault correction; symptoms; test; Costs; Decision making; Decision theory; Electrical fault detection; History; Programming; Software design; Software maintenance; Software testing; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1988.195084

Filename

195084