Accession Number:

ADA076283

Title:

Development and Evaluation of Software Reliability Estimators,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

UTAH UNIV SALT LAKE CITY SYSTEMS RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Tal,Jacob

Report Date:

1976-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

100.0

Abstract:

This study considers the problem of estimating the number of errors in a software package and its mean time-to-failure mttf. An emphasis is placed on the comparison and evaluation of various estimators and on determining the estimator accuracy.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *COMPUTER PROGRAM RELIABILITY
• *ERROR DETECTION CODES
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• ESTIMATES
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
• FLOW CHARTING
• CONFIDENCE LIMITS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE