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Empirical measurement of the software testing and reliability

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Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

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The meanings of parameters of software reliability models are investigated in terms of the process of the software testing and in terms of other measurements of software. Based on the investigation, the empirical estimation of the parameters is addressed. On one hand, these empirical estimates are also measurements of the software, which can be used to control and to optimize the process of the software development. On the other hand, by treating these empirical estimates as Bayes priors, software reliability models are extended such that the engineers’ experience can be integrated into and hence to improve the models.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan Hubei, China

    Feng-zhong Zou & Ren-zuo Xu

  2. School of Computer, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan Hubei, China

    Feng-zhong Zou

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60173063)

Biography: Zou Feng-zhong (1962-), male, Associate professor, research direction: software engineering.

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Zou, Fz., Xu, Rz. Empirical measurement of the software testing and reliability. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 9, 23–26 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02912711

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