Statistical Software Testing

John May

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3277-6

Statistical Software Testing

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This chapter discusses the statistical testing of software. Statistical Software Testing (SST) is gaining more acceptance as a method of assessing software integrity and provides a quantifiable measure of reliability. The tasks necessary to carry out SST are described. SST for risk estimation is compared against SST for failure probability estimation. Software environment simulation for SST is particularly demanding; the various issues are described. SST is related to test adequacy measurement as commonly understood.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Testing Safety-Related Software
Subtitle of host publication	A Practical Handbook
Editors	Stewart N Gardiner
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer London
Chapter	8
Pages	155-170
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781447132776
ISBN (Print)	9781852330347
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3277-6
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 1999

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