Software Defect and Operational Profile Modeling

by Kai-Yuan Cai

Overview

also in: THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON ASIAN STUDIES IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, Volume 1

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792382591
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/31/1998
Series:	International Series in Software Engineering , #4
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Software Engineering.- 1.2 Software Reliability Engineering.- 1.3 Software Defect Estimations.- 1.4 Summary.- 1.5 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 2 Empirical Regression Methods.- 2.1 Software Defect Factors and Distributions.- 2.2 Software Defect Distributions by Rank.- 2.3 Linear Regression Models.- 2.4 Haistead Model.- 2.5 Miscellaneous.- 2.6 Summary.- 2.7 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 3 Dynamic Methods.- 3.1 Jelinski-Moranda Model and the Like.- 3.2 NHPP Models.- 3.3 Use of Discrete-Time Data.- 3.4 Notes on Time Bases.- 3.5 Summary.- 3.6 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 4 Capture-Recapture Methods.- 4.1 Software Defect Seeding.- 4.2 Basic Models.- 4.3 BasinModels.- 4.4 AUrnModel.- 4.5 Summary.- 4.6 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 5 Decomposition Methods.- 5.1 Model Formulation.- 5.2 Case Study.- 5.3 Summary.- 5.4 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 6 Neural Network Methods.- 6.1 Neural Networks.- 6.2 Software Defect Predictions.- 6.3 Summary.- 6.4 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 7 Software Defect Estimations Under Imperfect Debugging.- 7.1 Imperfect Debugging.- 7.2 Goel-Okumoto 1DM Model.- 7.3 Goel-Okumoto NHPP Model under Imperfect Debugging.- 7.4 Death-Birth Model.- 7.5 Phase-Directed Models.- 7.6 Software Failure Behavior versus Software Defect Behavior.- 7.7 A Static Model.- 7.8 Summary.- 7.9 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 8 Software Operational Profile Modeling.- 8.1 Software Operational Profiles.- 8.2 Model I.- 8.3 Model II.- 8.4 Model III.- 8.5 Model IV.- 8.6 ModelV.- 8.7 Summary.- 8.8 Remarks and Problems.- References.- 9 Modeling of Probably Zero-Defect Software.- 9.1 Probability of Being Failure-Free versus Probability of Being Defect-Free.- 9.2 Classic Interval Estimations.- 9.3 Bayesian Point Estimations.- 9.4 Incorporating Software Operational Profile.- 9.5 Quantifying Software Correctness.- 9.6 Summary.- 9.7 Remarks and Problems.- References.

Editorial Reviews

Presents a complementary resource to existing books on software reliability modeling by detailing various methods for estimating the number of defects remaining in software, the software failure rate, and software correctness when testing reveals no failures. Each chapter contains sections on Remarks and Problems that are aimed at researchers, as well as a Summary that is aimed at practitioners. Cai, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, also targets a third audience, students of software reliability engineering courses. Extensive figures and tables detailing each method of modeling are included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

‘This well-crafted summary of research and engineering in software defect estimation and operational profile modeling is a useful addition to the software reliability engineering literature.'
Computing Reviews (June 1999)

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