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Software Faults and Reliability

In: Reliability and Risk Issues in Large Scale Safety-critical Digital Control Systems

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  • Han Seong Son

    (Joongbu University)

  • Man Cheol Kim

    (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

Abstract

Software, unlike hardware, does not fail, break, wear out over time, or fall out of tolerance [1]. Hardware reliability models are based on variability and the physics of failure (Chapter 1), but are not applied to software since software is not physical. For example, it is not possible to perform the equivalent of accelerated hardware stress testing on software. Consequently, different paradigms must be used to evaluate software reliability, which raises a few issues for software reliability engineers.

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  • Han Seong Son & Man Cheol Kim, 2009. "Software Faults and Reliability," Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, in: Poong Hyun Seong (ed.), Reliability and Risk Issues in Large Scale Safety-critical Digital Control Systems, chapter 4, pages 81-103, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssrchp:978-1-84800-384-2_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-384-2_4
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