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Early Fault PredictionÔ Using Software Metrics and Process Maturity

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Early Software Reliability Prediction

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 303))

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Abstract

Development of reliable software is challenging as system engineers have to deal with a large number of conflicting requirements such as cost, time, reliability, safety, maintainability, and many more. These days, most of the software development tasks are performed in labor-intensive way. This may introduce various faults across the development, causing failures in the near future. The impact of these failures ranges from marginal to catastrophic consequences. Therefore, there is a growing need to ensure the reliability of these software systems as early as possible. A model for early prediction of software fault is presented in this chapter.

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  1. Engineering and Manufacturing Services, Cognizant Technology Solution, DLF Building, Plot no 129–132, APHB Colo, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, India

    Ajeet Kumar Pandey

  2. Reliability Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, West Bengal, India

    Neeraj Kumar Goyal

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Pandey, A.K., Goyal, N.K. (2013). Early Fault PredictionÔ Using Software Metrics and Process Maturity. In: Early Software Reliability Prediction. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 303. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1176-1_3

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