A cost model for N-version programming with imperfect debugging

T Bhaskar () and U D Kumar
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T Bhaskar: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
U D Kumar: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2006, vol. 57, issue 8, 986-994

Abstract: Abstract One of the challenging problems for software companies is to find the optimal time of release of the software so as to minimize the total cost expended on testing and potential penalty cost due to unresolved faults. If the software is for a safety critical system, then the software release time becomes more important. The criticality of a failure caused by a fault also becomes an important issue for safety critical software. In this paper we develop a total cost model based on criticality of the fault and cost of its occurrence during different phases of development for N-version programming scheme, a popular fault-tolerant architecture. The mathematical model is developed using the reliability growth model based on the non-homogeneous Poisson process. The models for optimal release time under different constraints are developed under the assumption that the debugging is imperfect and there is a penalty for late release of the software. The concept of Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis is used for measuring criticality.

Keywords: software reliability; fault tolerance; N-version programming; non-homogeneous Poisson process; imperfect debugging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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