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Effective confidence interval estimation of fault-detection process of software reliability growth models

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  • Chih-Chiang Fang
  • Chun-Wu Yeh

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The quantitative evaluation of software reliability growth model is frequently accompanied by its confidence interval of fault detection. It provides helpful information to software developers and testers when undertaking software development and software quality control. However, the explanation of the variance estimation of software fault detection is not transparent in previous studies, and it influences the deduction of confidence interval about the mean value function that the current study addresses. Software engineers in such a case cannot evaluate the potential hazard based on the stochasticity of mean value function, and this might reduce the practicability of the estimation. Hence, stochastic differential equations are utilised for confidence interval estimation of the software fault-detection process. The proposed model is estimated and validated using real data-sets to show its flexibility.

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  • Chih-Chiang Fang & Chun-Wu Yeh, 2016. "Effective confidence interval estimation of fault-detection process of software reliability growth models," International Journal of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(12), pages 2878-2892, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tsysxx:v:47:y:2016:i:12:p:2878-2892
    DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2015.1036474
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