Reliability Demonstration Testing Method for Continuous Execution Software
Zhi Qin · 2005
To the question that fixed duration testing method, which bases on the classical statistical hypothesis test- ing, can't fulfill the requirements of reliability demonstration testing for modern continuous execution software due to the long testing duration, a new method to demonstrate the reliability for continuous execution software is presented basing on the empirical Bayesian statistical reference. Firstly, the prior distribution of software failure intensity is de- rived on the basis of analyzing the testing records of software reliability growth testing. Then, the reliability demon- stration testing duration can be calculated. Finally, the prior knowledge dynandc integration method taking the specif- ic testing information into account is provided. Experiment shows that the method provided above is effective to re- duce the testing duration without decreasing the confidence level in the testing results.