Software Reliability and Readiness Assessment Based on the Non-homogeneous Poisson Process
Amrit L. Goel, Kune-Zang Yang · Advances in computers · 1997
This chapter addresses the inten-elated issues of software reliability and readiness assessment based on open and closed software problem reports (SPRs). It describes a systematic methodology consisting of the following three steps: use of the Laplace trend statistic to determine reliability growth or decay, fitting non-homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP) models and reliability or readiness assessment. The mathematical framework pertinent to the Laplace statistic and the NHPP models is discussed at length. SPR data from commercial and military systems are used throughout the chapter for illustration and explanation.