A Two-Stage Stopping Procedure for Testing a Series System of Software

DOI: 10.5176/2251-1938_ORS17.16

Authors: Marcus A. Agustin and Steve Atteberry

Abstract:

This paper considers a two-stage procedure in testing a series system of soft-ware. The decision is based on observing and debugging the software for a fixed period and the additional time of software improvement is based on achieving a desired minimum system reliability. Estimators of parameters and system reliability are obtained and some finite sample properties of the stopping time are investigated

Keywords: Maximum likelihood, software reliability, stopping time.