Software reliability and cost models: Perspectives, comparison, and practice

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 475-489

  Pham, Hoang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost model; Nonhomogeneous Poisson process; Quasi renewal process; Reliability optimization; Software reliability; Software testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038238725     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00498-8     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Akaike H. A new look at statistical model identification. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 19:1974;716-723.
2. Cox D.R. Regression models and life-tables (with discussion). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B. 34:1972;187-220.
3. Dalal S.R., McIntosh A.A. When to stop testing for large software systems with changing code. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 20(4):1994;318-323.
4. Ehrlich W., Prasanna B., Stampfel J., Wu J. Determining the cost of a stop-testing decision. IEEE Software. 10(March):1993;33-42.
5. Goel A.L., Okumoto K. Time-dependent error-detection rate model for software and other performance measures. IEEE Transaction on Reliability. 28:1979;206-211.
6. Hossain S.A., Ram C.D. Estimating the parameters of a non-homogeneous Poisson process model for software reliability. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 42(4):1993;604-612.
7. Hou R.H., Kuo S.Y., Chang Y.P. Optimal release times for software systems with scheduled delivery time based on the HGDM. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 46(2):1997;216-221.
8. Jelinski Z., Moranda P.B. Software reliability research. Freiberger W. Statistical Computer Performance Evaluation. 1972;Academic, New York.
9. Leung Y.W. Optimal software release time with a given cost budget. Journal of Systems and Software. 17:1992;233-242.
10. Lyu M. Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering. 1996;McGraw-Hill.
11. Musa J.D. Tools for measuring software reliability. IEEE Spectrum. February:1989;39-42.
12. Ohba M. Software reliability analysis models. IBM Journal of Research Development. 28:1984;428-443.
13. Ohtera H., Yamada S. Optimal allocation and control problems for software-testing resources. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 39(3):1990;171-176.
14. Okumoto K., Goel A.L. Optimal release time for software systems based on reliability and cost criteria. Journal of Systems and Software. 1:1980;315-318.
15. Pham, H., 1993. Software reliability assessment: imperfect debugging and multiple failure types in software development. EG&G-RAAM-10737; Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
16. Pham H. Software Reliability and Testing. 1995;137 IEEE Computer Society Press.
17. Pham H. A software cost model with imperfect debugging, random life cycle and penalty cost. International Journal of Systems Science. 27(5):1996;455-463.
18. Pham H. Webster J.G. Software Reliability. Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. vol. 19:1999;565-578 John Wiley and Sons.
19. Pham H. Software Reliability. 2000;Springer-Verlag.
20. Pham H., Wang H. A quasi-renewal process for software reliability and testing costs. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans. 31(6):2001;623-631.
21. Pham H., Zhang X. An NHPP software reliability models and its comparison. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering. 4(3):1997;269-282.
22. Pham H., Zhang X. A software cost model with warranty and risk costs. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 48(1):1999;71-75.
23. Pham H., Zhang X. Software release policies with gain in reliability justifying the costs. Annals of Software Engineering. 8:1999;147-166.
24. Pham L., Pham H. Software reliability models with time-dependent hazard function based on Bayesian approach. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans. 30(1):2000;25-35.
25. Pham H., Nordmann L., Zhang X. A General imperfect software debugging model with s-shaped fault detection rate. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 48(2):1999;169-175.
26. Tohma Y., Yamano H., Ohba M., Jacoby R. The estimation of parameters of the hypergeometric distribution and its application to the software reliability growth model. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 17(5):1991;483-489.
27. Voas J., McGraw G. Software Fault Injection: Inoculating Programs Against Errors. 1998;John Wiley and Sons.
28. Yamada S., Ohba M., Osaki S. S-shaped reliability growth modeling for software error detection. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 12:1983;475-484.
29. Yamada S., Osaki S. Software reliability growth modeling: Models and applications. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 11:1985;1431-1437.
30. Yamada S., Tokuno K., Osaki S. Imperfect debugging models with fault introduction rate for software reliability assessment. International Journal of Systems Science. 23(12):1992;2253-2264.
31. Yang M.C., Chao A. Reliability-estimation and stopping rules for software testing, based on repeated appearances of bugs. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 22(2):1995;315-326.
32. Whittaker J.A., Voas J. Toward a more reliable theory of software reliability. IEEE Computer. December:2000;36-42.
33. Wightman D., Bendell T. Comparison of proportional hazards modeling, additive hazards modeling and proportional intensity modeling when applied to repairable system reliability. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering. 2(2):1995;23-34.
34. Wood A. Predicting software reliability. IEEE Computer. 11:1996;69-77.
35. Zhang, X., 1999. Software reliability and cost models with environmental factors. Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University, unpublished.
36. Zhang X., Pham H. A software cost model with error removal times and risk costs. International Journal of Systems Science. 29(4):1998;435-442.
37. Zhang X., Pham H. An analysis of factors affecting software reliability. Journal of Systems and Software. 50:2000;43-56.
38. Zhang X., Shin M.Y., Pham H. Exploratory analysis of environmental factors for enhancing the software reliability assessment. Journal of Systems and Software. 57:2001;73-78.
39. Zhang X., Jeske D.R., Pham H. Calibrating software reliability models when the test environment does not match the user environment. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 18:2002;87-99.