Abstract
Many concepts of software reliability engineering can be adapted from the older and successful techniques of hardware reliability. However, this must be done with care, since there are some fundamental differences in the nature of hardware and software and its failure processes. This chapter gives an introduction into software reliability metrics.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Eusgeld, I., Fraikin, F., Rohr, M., Salfner, F., Wappler, U. (2008). Software Reliability. In: Eusgeld, I., Freiling, F.C., Reussner, R. (eds) Dependability Metrics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4909. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68947-8_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68947-8_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-68946-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-68947-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)