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Lookup NU author(s): Richie Burnett, Emeritus Professor Tom Anderson
This report proposes a method for allocating an appropriate reliability requirement to each module of a modular software system, using Markov analysis. A formula to calculate an estimate of the overall system reliability is established. From that formula, a procedure to allocate the reliability requirement for each module is derived using an optimization process, taking into account the known overall required level of reliability.
Author(s): Burnett R, Anderson T
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 1994
Pages: 24
Print publication date: 01/06/1994
Source Publication Date: June 1994
Report Number: 477
Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/477.pdf