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Software Quality and Reliability Improvement in Open Environment

Authors : Chetna Choudhary, P. K. Kapur, Sunil K. Khatri, Rana Majumdar

Published in: Advances in Interdisciplinary Research in Engineering and Business Management

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

In the area of software engineering, many principles for software development have been precisely defined. One of the most important principles is the principle of software readiness analysis. Software testing includes reliability measure in the design phase of new software and verification is the aim of keeping established reliability level in the phase of software use. In this paper software reliability from the point of software reliability parameters and readiness in open environment is considered. Entropy is simply the average (expected) amount of the information from the event. This manuscript introduces a new software readiness rating based on combination weighting methods. The determination of combination weights relies on experiments, expert judgments, and statistical calculations collectively. AHP technique is used according to judgment to verify the meaning of the degree of precedent. Entropy weighting method is associated with identifying objective weights to avoid weight subjectivity. The manuscript follows combination weighting means to obtain the assessment criterion combination weights. Next, the combination weights are exercised to get the trustworthiness degree of software. The result enriched decision-makers with more findings and results demonstrate the robustness of the offered assessment approach.

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Metadata
Title
Software Quality and Reliability Improvement in Open Environment
Authors
Chetna Choudhary
P. K. Kapur
Sunil K. Khatri
Rana Majumdar
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0037-1_21