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11. Software Reliability and Dependability

Author : Gerard O’Regan

Published in: Concise Guide to Software Engineering

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter discusses software reliability and dependability and covers topics such as software reliability and software reliability models, the Cleanroom methodology, system availability, safety and security critical systems and dependability engineering.

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Footnotes
1
The expected usage of the software (or operational profile) is a quantitative characterization (usually based on probability) of how the system will be used.
 
2
We are assuming that the defect has been corrected perfectly with no new defects introduced by the changes made.
 
Literature
1.
G. O’Regan, Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality (Springer Verlag, London, 2006)
2.
E. Adams, Optimizing preventive service of software products. IBM Res. J. 28(1), 2–14 (1984)
3.
R.H. Cobb, H.D. Mills, Engineering software under statistical quality control. IEEE Software 7(6) (1990)
4.
I. Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th edn. (Pearson, 2011)
Metadata
Title
Software Reliability and Dependability
Author
Gerard O’Regan
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Concise Guide to Software Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-57749-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-57750-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57750-0_11

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