Software Reliability: A Preliminary Handbook
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2004-09-01
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Abstract:The overall objective of this handbook is to provide a reference to aid the highway engineer, software developer, and project manager in software verification and validation (V&V), and in producing reliable software. Specifically, the handbook:
Demonstrates the need for V&V of highway-related software.
Introduces the important software V&V concepts.
Defines the special V&V problems for highway-related software.
Provides a reference to several new software V&V techniques developed under this and earlier related projects to address the special needs of highway-related software:
Wrapping, i.e., the use of embedded code to make a program self-verifying.
SpecChekTM, a V&V tool to check software with its specifications.
Real-time computation of roundoff and other numerical errors.
Phased introduction of new software to minimize failures.
Helps the highway engineer, software developer, and project manager integrate software V&V into the development of new software and retrofit V&V into existing software.
The handbook emphasizes techniques that address the special needs of highway software, and provides pointers to information on standard V&V tools and techniques of the software industry.
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