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Software Reliability Measurement and Improvement Policies

Published on February 2013 by Sargun Toor, Kailash Bahl
International Conference on Advances in Management and Technology 2013
Foundation of Computer Science USA
ICAMT - Number 1
February 2013
Authors: Sargun Toor, Kailash Bahl
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Sargun Toor, Kailash Bahl . Software Reliability Measurement and Improvement Policies. International Conference on Advances in Management and Technology 2013. ICAMT, 1 (February 2013), 41-44.

@article{
author = { Sargun Toor, Kailash Bahl },
title = { Software Reliability Measurement and Improvement Policies },
journal = { International Conference on Advances in Management and Technology 2013 },
issue_date = { February 2013 },
volume = { ICAMT },
number = { 1 },
month = { February },
year = { 2013 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 41-44 },
numpages = 4,
url = { /proceedings/icamt/number1/10841-1024/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Kailash Bahl
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Abstract

This paper discusses about various aspects of software reliability. Software reliability is the probability of the failure free operation of a computer program for a specified period of time in a specified environment. Although Software Reliability is defined as a probabilistic function, and comes with the notion of time, different from traditional Hardware Reliability, Software Reliability is not a direct function of time. Electronic and mechanical parts may become "old" and wear out with time and usage, but software will not rust or wear-out during its life cycle. Reliability measures the probability of failure, not the consequences of those failures. Software Reliability is dynamic and stochastic. This article provides an overview of Software Reliability measurement and improvement policies then examines different improvement policies for software reliability, however, there is no single model that is universal to all the situations.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Software Reliability Stochastic Fault Fault Tolerance Phases Of Software