Title :
Why failure rates observe Zipf´s law in operational software
Author :
Trachtenberg, Martin
fDate :
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author proposes a model showing how software developers, when attempting to produce software of a given reliability level with a minimum of resources, create software whose fault content observes Phillip´s and Zipf´s laws. He also proposes a software reliability model based on Zipf´s law that fits Adam´s reliability data on nine software systems with an average correlation coefficient of 0.986. He concludes that software, when and only when optimally developed, displays operational reliability patterns conforming to Zipf´s law
Keywords :
software reliability; Adam´s reliability data; Zipf´s law; failure rates; operational software; software reliability model; Data engineering; Displays; Humans; Power engineering and energy; Reliability engineering; Software maintenance; Software reliability; Software systems; Software testing; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
