Journal of applied mathematics & informatics

The Korean Society for Computational and Applied Mathematics (한국전산응용수학회)
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AN IMPROVED ADDITIVE MODEL FOR RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE WITH MODULAR STRUCTURE

  • Chatterjee, S. (Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines) ;
  • Nigam, S. (Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines) ;
  • Singh, J.B. (Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines) ;
  • Upadhyaya, L.N. (Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines)
  • Received : 2011.04.04
  • Accepted : 2011.10.18
  • Published : 2012.05.30
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Abstract

Most of the software reliability models are based on black box approach and these models consider the entire software system as a single unit. Present day software development process has changed a lot. In present scenario these models may not give better results. To overcome this problem an improved additive model has been proposed in this paper, to estimate the reliability of software with modular structure. Also the concept of imperfect debugging has been also considered. A maximum likelihood estimation technique has been used for estimating the model parameters. Comparison has been made with an existing model. ${\chi}^2$ goodness of fit has been used for model fitting. The proposed model has been validated using real data.

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