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On Some Statistical Aspects of Software Testing and Reliability

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Complex Systems and Dependability

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 170))

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This article discusses the author’s views on possible contributions statistics can make to software testing and reliability. Several difficulties are highlighted and several research challenges are discussed. Overall, the message is that statistical methods cannot provide proper support for software testing or provide useful inferences on software reliability if the statistical methods are considered to be an ‘add-on’; careful treatment of the uncertainties and the adequate use of statistical methods have to be right at the center of the software development and test processes to ensure better tested and more reliable software. In line with this requirement, the development of suitable statistical methods requires collaboration of software developers and testers with statisticians on real-world problems.

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  1. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

    Frank P. A. Coolen

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  1. , Institute of Computer Engineering,, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wroclaw, 50-372, Poland

    Wojciech Zamojski

  2. Institute of Computer Engineering, Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Jacek Mazurkiewicz

  3. , Institute of Computer Engineering,, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wroclaw, 50-372, Poland

    Jarosław Sugier

  4. , Institute of Computer Engineering,, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wroclaw, 50-372, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

  5. Systems Research Instiute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Newelska 6, Warszawa, 01-447, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Coolen, F.P.A. (2013). On Some Statistical Aspects of Software Testing and Reliability. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Complex Systems and Dependability. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 170. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30662-4_7

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