Software Reliability. State of the Art Report

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages vii-viii, A Bendell, P Mellor
Publisher's note, Page ix
1 - Adaptive models, Pages 3-18, P Y Chan
2 - Stochastic treatment of the failure rate in software reliability growth models, Pages 19,21-29, P Y Chan
3 - Software reliability models, Pages 31-44, C Dale
4 - Inspection data, Pages 45-54, M Dyer
5 - Program and process property models, Pages 55-64, G Frewin
6 - Relaxation of the common failure rate assumption in modelling software reliability, Pages 65-79, T Giammo
7 - A framework for modelling software reliability, Pages 81-94, C T Gray
8 - Types of metric, Pages 95-103, P Hamer
9 - Software reliability modelling – prospects and perspective, Pages 105-118, L N Harris
10 - Testing for the achievement of software reliability, Pages 119-129, M A Hennell
11 - Metrics in practice, Pages 131-144, B A Kitchenham
12 - Software development cost models, Pages 145-163, G R McNichols
13 - Software reliability data collection: problems and standards, Pages 165-181, P Mellor
14 - A non-parametric approach to software reliability, using complete monotonicity, Pages 183-195, D R Miller, A Sofer
15 - Applications of time series models to software reliability analysis, Pages 197-207, R Soyer
16 - An exploratory approach to software reliability measurement, Pages 209-227, L A Walls, A Bendell
17 - Proportional hazards modelling of software failure data, Pages 229-242, D W Wightman, A Bendell
Invited Paper references, Pages 243-263
1 - Introduction, Pages 267,269-281
2 - Achievement of software reliability, Pages 283,285-311,313-317
3 - Software reliability models, Pages 319,321-337,339-346
4 - Relationship to software metrics, Pages 347,349-363
5 - Costs, Pages 365,367-375,377-381
6 - Recent developments in modelling, Pages 383,385-403
7 - Data and data problems, Pages 405,407-414
8 - Current research initiatives, Pages 415,417-422
Analysis references, Pages 423-439
An annotated bibliography of software reliability, Pages 443-460, B C Burrows
Subject and contributor index, Pages 463-470