International Journal of General Systems · 2000 · 23 citations · 11 references
ComputingComputer ScienceSystems EngineeringSafety EngineeringSoftware EngineeringUncertainty QuantificationProbabilistic Safety AssessmentReliability ModelingSafety EvaluationSoftware Quality AssuranceSoftware ValidationSystem SafetyProgrammable SystemsSafety Assessment MethodologySafety-critical Software EngineeringSoftware ReliabilitySoftware Reliability AssessmentSoftware Reliability EngineeringSoftware SafetySystem Safety Assessment
The paper describes an investigation of methods to perform a reliability and safety assessment of the software in programmable safety relevant systems. It emphasises in particular how disparate information sources and different quantitative and qualitative methods should be combined in such an assessment. It starts with a general discussion of rule based, probabilistic and expert judgement methods and their applicability on software reliability. Then a method for combining different evidences in a reliability and safety assessment is pinpointed, viz. the Bayesian Belief Net (BBN) methodology. It is also illustrated how this method may be applied for safety assessment of software.
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