Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering [Hardcover]

Michael R. Lyu (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

From leading industrial/research experts, here is an insider's look at today's best practices for software reliability engineering. Using this guide, software developers, designers, and project managers, high-level applications programmers and designers, and students will be able to tap into an unparalleled repository of accumulated experience and expertise.

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The definitive guide to today's most-used software reliability techniques and solutions. Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering Featuring contributions from the worl'ds leading reliability experts, this book/CD-ROM package offers you the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on software reliability engineering available today. The Handbook takes you step by step through software reliability measurement and prediction. . the attributes and metrics of product design, development process, system architecture, software operational environment, and their effects on reliability. . and the application of this information in software development, acquisiton, use, and maintenance. You'll find detailed coverage of: Software reliability engineering techinique involving modeling, measurement, process framework, systems operations, data collection, and more; Benchmark case studies from AT&T, JPL, Bellcore, IBM, Nortel, NASA, HItachi, ALCATEL, and other European organizations; Emerging research methods including software metrics, testing schemes, fault-tolerant software, fault-tree anaylsis, process simulation, and neural networks. This indispensible reference comes packaged with an MC/DOS CD-ROM loaded with more than $250 worth of popular software reliability tools: SMERFS, CASRE, and SoftRel-plus a valuable repository of software project failure data sets.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 850 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070394008
• ISBN-13: 978-0070394001
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,693,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Standard for the field of S/W Reliability, January 4, 2001

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Frederick Arioli (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering (Hardcover)

This is an excellent technical book that should be a standard reference for anyone working in the field of S/W QA/Reliablity. The work assumes a mathematical background at the upper division/graduate level. The section on orthogonal defect classification is especially good. This is an essential work for anyone compiling metrics for gauging how well a S/W development effort is progressing. Software is supplied for performing one's own analyses. Meaty stuff for the serious S/W QA engineer! Well done.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best handbook I've seen on the subject., January 10, 2003

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Walter Stoneburner (Ashburn, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering (Hardcover)

Professor Lyu defines, catalogs, explains, and demonstrates concepts and models for reliability. If you're trying to answer questions like "based on historical data, when is the next expected failure," or "what model best predicts my software's reliability," or "when will the software be stable" then you need this book.

True to its name, it is a handbook, so you can jump around and cross reference, but you can also read it like a book.

Note, however, that there is some fairly heavy statistical math. Don't let all the greek letters scare you. It's all explained, and it has a fantastic appendix that covers all you need to know concerning statistics to use the book without the mumbo-jumbo.

To complete your collection, go to the web and obtain a copy of SMERFS^3, which is a software package developed by Dr. William Farr that does all the modeling math for you. Additionally, check out the book Software Reliability by Musa/Iannio/Okumoto (0-07-044093-X). These two things, together with this book will equip you for just about anything you need to measure.