A Software Reliability Model with Vtub-Shaped Fault-Detection Rate Subject to Operating Environments  
Author Hoang Pham

 

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Abstract In this paper, we develop a new software reliability model incorporating the uncertainty of system fault-detection rate per unit of time subject to the operating environments. Examples are included to illustrate the goodness-of-fit of proposed model and several existing NHPP models based on a set of failure data collected from software applications. The results show that the proposed model fit significantly better than other existing NHPP models based on MSE value. We also present a new method called, normalized criteria distance (NCD), for selecting the best model from among SRGMs based on a set of criteria taken all together. Example results show the proposed method offers a promising technique for selecting the best model based on a set of contributing criteria.

 

Keywords Non-homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP), software reliability growth, predictive power, predictiveratio risk, loglog distribution, Vtub-shaped, normalized sum distance
   
    Article #:  1923
 
Proceedings of the 19th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
August 5-7, 2013 - Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.