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Dissertation Information for Mei-Hwa Chen

NAME:
- Mei-Hwa Chen

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Computer Science

SCHOOL:
- Purdue University (USA) (1994)

ADVISORS:
- Vernon J. Rego
- Aditya P. Mathur

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected

Title: Tools and techniques for testing-based software reliability estimation

Abstract: In this dissertation we point out some fundamental problems with the time-domain models which use the notion of "time" between failures or the number of faults within a certain time duration, and present our coverage enhanced time-domain reliability models. The coverage enhanced models extend the existing time-domain models by using the notion of useless testing effort. A key feature of our model, unlike the existing models, is that it takes into account the structure of the software under development. This feature not only distinguishes our model from all the existing reliability models, but it is also the basis of our claim that structure-based reliability models are likely to provide more accurate reliability estimates than the existing time-domain models.

We have developed a new tool, T${\cal E}$RSE, to benchmark existing and new models. Its feature of displaying graphical results enables users to select a good model. The main difference between T${\cal E}$RSE and other existing tools is that it provides a rich source of data for investigating effects of varying model parameters on reliability estimates and offers a means through which users can evaluate new models.

MPACT Scores for Mei-Hwa Chen

A = 0
C = 1
A+C = 1
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2010-04-16 09:48:05

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