Basic concept for the selection of an appropriate “software failure prediction model”

Software is nowadays used in almost all systems. Therefore, the reliability of the software is a crucial aspect in safety engineering. Software errors can cause life-threatening situations. To counter this, software reliability models are used. Currently, there are a great number of software reliability models existing. The model that will be considered as the most appropriate is depending on the respective project. That is why it cannot always be decided in advance which model would be the most suitable. In this paper a method is presented that serves to show how the most appropriate model for a project can be selected.