Software reliability assessment

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Kaya, Deniz

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In spite of the fact that software reliability studies have attracted great deal of attention from different disciplines in 1970s, applications of the subject have rarely been involved in the software industry. With the rise of technological advances especially in the military electronics field, reliability of software systems gained importance. In this study, a company in the defense industries is inspected for their abilities and needs regarding software reliability, and an improvement proposal with metrics measurement system is formed. A computer tool is developed for the evaluation of the performance of the improvement proposal. Results obtained via this tool indicate improved abilities in the development of reliable software products.

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Electronic computers.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15453

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D. Kaya, “Software reliability assessment,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.