Computer software reliability has never been so important. Computers are used in areas as diverse as air traffic control, nuclear reactors, real-time military, industrial process control, security system control, biometric scan-systems, automotive, mechanical and safety control, and hospital patient monitoring systems. Many of these applications require critical functionality as software applications increase in size and complexity. This book is an introduction to software reliability engineering and a survey of the state-of-the-art techniques, methodologies and tools used to assess the reliability of software and combined software-hardware systems. Current research results are reported and future directions are signposted. This text will interest: graduate students as a course textbook introducing reliability engineering software; reliability engineers as a broad, up-to-date survey of the field; and researchers and lecturers in universities and research institutions as a one-volumereference.

Giving an accessible introduction to software and systems reliability engineering whilst being up to date with current developments in this field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Hoang Pham is Distinguished Professor and former Chairman (2007-2013) of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Before joining Rutgers, he was Senior Engineering Specialist with the Boeing Company and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. He has been served as Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor and Board Member of many journals. He is Editor of Springer Book Series in Reliability Engineering and has served as Conference Chair and Program Chair of over 40 international conferences. He is the author or coauthor of 8 books and has published over 200 journal articles, 100 conference papers and edited 17 books including Springer Handbook in Engineering Statistics and Handbook in Reliability Engineering. He has delivered over 40 invited keynote and plenary speeches at many international conferences and institutions. His numerous awards include the 2009 IEEE Reliability Society Engineer of theYear Award. He is Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

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System Reliability Concepts.- Theory of Estimation.- Software Development Lifecycle and Data Analysis.- Software Reliability Modeling.- Imperfect-debugging Models.- Testing Coverage and Removal Models.- Software Reliability Models with Environmental Factors.- Calibrating Software Reliability Models.- Optimal Release Policies.- Complex Fault-tolerant System Reliability Modeling.