srimani@.cs.colostate.edu (pradip srimani) (06/04/91)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of IEEE Software
Applications of Software Reliability Models
(Tentative Publication Date: July 1992)
There is an ever increasing demand to improve the quality
and reliability of software by better design and appropriate
testing. Software Reliability models provide the hard quan-
titative measures to certify the dependability and quality
of a software. These models are used to evaluate development
status of a software project as well as to evaluate the
software engineering technology (tools) quantitatively; they
are used to assess operational dependability of software and
to control addition/alteration of features during mainte-
nance of a product. These models also provide the informa-
tion needed for planning the personnel requirements during
the test phase, which can account for a major portion of the
development cost. The purpose of this special issue is to
focus on the applications of the software reliability models
in managing, estimating and certifying the quality of
software. Papers on all aspects of applying software relia-
bility models are sought. Case studies and experience
reports from actual users of these models in real life are
particularly welcome. Example topics include, but are not
limited to, the following:
Reliability modeling as a part of a software project's
total information needs.
Optimal selection of models and computational pro-
cedures.
Adaptability of the models.
Analysis of safety critical software.
Use of the operational profile.
Relationship of failure intensity with test coverage
measures.
Automation of software reliability management.
Empirical models for pretest use and cost/reliability
models.
Effects of imperfect debugging, fault clustering etc.
PLEASE SUBMIT seven copies of your manuscript to either of the
guest editors by OCTOBER 1, 1991:
Professor Pradip K. Srimani Professor Yashwant K. Malaiya
Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science
Colorado State University Colorado State University
Ft. Collins, CO 80525 Ft. Collins, CO 80525
Tel: (303) 491-7097 Tel: (303) 491-7031
Fax: (303) 491-2293 Fax: (303) 491-2293
Email: srimani@CS.ColoState.Edu Email: malaiya@CS.ColoState.Edu
INSTRUCTIONS for submitting papers: Papers should be 10-15
double spaced pages. Papers should not have been previously
published, nor currently submitted elsewhere for publica-
tion. Papers should include a title page containing title,
authors' names and affiliations, postal and email addresses,
telephone numbers and Fax numbers. Papers should include a
300-word abstract.
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Pradip K Srimani Tel: (303) 491-7097
Department of Computer Science Email: srimani@handel.CS.Colostate.EDU
Colorado State University Fax: (303) 491-2293
Ft. Collins, CO 80523