Paper Info
Title
Rescaling reliability bounds for a new operational profile
Abstract
One of the main problems with reliability testing and prediction is that the result is specific to a particular operational profile. This paper extends an earlier reliability theory for computing a worst case reliability bound. The extended theory derives a re-scaled reliability bound based on the change in execution rates of the code segments in the program. In some cases it is possible to derive a maximum failure rate bound that applies to any change in the profile. It also predicts that (in principle) a "fair" test profile can be derived where the reliability bounds are relatively insensitive to the operational profile. In addition the theory allows unit and module test coverage measures to be incorporated into an operational reliability bound prediction. The implications of the theory are discussed, and the theory is evaluated by applying it to two example programs with known faults.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1145/566172.566201
ISSTA
Keywords
Field
DocType
particular operational profile,reliability testing,worst case bounds.,test profile,reliability bound,operational profile,reliability theory,new operational profile,re-scaled reliability,worst case reliability,operational reliability,operational reliability testing,extended theory,test coverage,failure rate
Code coverage,Computer science,Failure rate,Real-time computing,Operational reliability,Reliability engineering,Reliability theory
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
4
0163-5948
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-562-9
4
0.48
References 
Authors
8
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter G. Bishop1607.97