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Modified Jelinski-Moranda Software Reliability Model with Imperfect Debugging Phenomenon

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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 48 - Number 18
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: G. S. Mahapatra, P. Roy
10.5120/7451-0534

G. S. Mahapatra, P. Roy . Modified Jelinski-Moranda Software Reliability Model with Imperfect Debugging Phenomenon. International Journal of Computer Applications. 48, 18 ( June 2012), 38-46. DOI=10.5120/7451-0534

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author = { G. S. Mahapatra, P. Roy },
title = { Modified Jelinski-Moranda Software Reliability Model with Imperfect Debugging Phenomenon },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { June 2012 },
volume = { 48 },
number = { 18 },
month = { June },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 38-46 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume48/number18/7451-0534/ },
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Abstract

In this paper, we have modified the Jelinski-Moranda (J-M) model of software reliability using imperfect debugging process in fault removal activity. The J-M model was developed assuming the debugging process to be perfect which implies that there is one-to-one correspondence between the number of failures observed and faults removed. But in reality, it is possible that the fault which is supposed to have been removed may cause a new failure. In the proposed modified J-M model, we consider that whenever a failure occurs, the detected fault is not perfectly removed and there is a chance of raising new fault/faults due to wrong diagnosis or incorrect modifications in the software. In this paper, we develop a modified J-M model which can describe the imperfect debugging process. The parameters of our modified J-M model are estimated by using maximum-likelihood estimation method. Applicability of the model has been shown on the failure data set of Musa.

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Keywords

Software Reliability Jelinski-moranda Model Failure Maximum Likelihood Estimation Imperfect Debugging

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