Predictability of Software Reliability With Imperfect Debugging Based on Multiple Change Point

Abstract

In this paper, we propose to investigate some techniques for predictability of software reliability with imperfect debugging. And we also incorporate the concept of multiple change points in SRGM. Some models are proposed and discussed under both ideal and imperfect debugging conditions. A numerical example with real software failure data is presented in detail and the results show that the proposed models can provide better capability to predict the software reliability.

Keywords: Non homogeneous poisson process, software reliability, imperfect debugging, failure data.