A time/structure based software reliability model
Annals of Software Engineering
A binomial software reliability model based on coverage of structural testing criteria
Empirical Software Engineering
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
We present a technique that uses coverage measures in reliability estimation for fault tolerant programs, particularly N-version software. This technique exploits both coverage and time measures collected during testing phases for the individual program versions and the N-version software system for reliability prediction. The application of this technique on the single-version software was presented in our previous research. In this paper we extend this technique and apply it on the N-version programs. The results obtained from the experiment conducted on an industrial project demonstrate that our technique significantly reduces the hazard of reliability overestimation for both single-version and multi-version fault tolerant software systems.