DocumentCode
3126758
Title
Examining fault-tolerance using unlikely inputs: turning the test distribution up-side down
Author
Voas, Jeffrey M. ; Miller, Keith W.
Author_Institution
Reliable Software Technol. Corp., Sterling, VA, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
25-29 Jun 1995
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
11
Abstract
This paper turns the concept of input distributions on its head to exploit “inverse input distributions”. Although such distributions are not true mathematical inverse functions, they capture the intuitive property of members that have high frequencies in the original distribution have low frequencies in the “inverse” distribution, and vice versa. These new distributions have uses in testing for reliability estimates, and more importantly, fault-tolerance analysis
Keywords
fault tolerant computing; software engineering; fault-tolerance; fault-tolerance analysis; inverse input distributions; reliability estimates; test distribution; unlikely inputs; Fault tolerance; Frequency; Humans; Programming; Protection; Reliability engineering; Robustness; Software measurement; Software testing; Turning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Assurance, 1995. COMPASS '95. Systems Integrity, Software Safety and Process Security. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference on
Conference_Location
Gaithersburg, MD
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2680-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPASS.1995.521882
Filename
521882
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