Software Reliability: A Federal Highway Administration Preliminary Handbook

Knaus, Rodger; Aougab, Hamid; Bentahar, Naim

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Software Reliability: A Federal Highway Administration Preliminary Handbook

2004-01-01
By Knaus, Rodger ; Aougab, Hamid ; Bentahar, Naim

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English

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Creators:

Knaus, Rodger ; Aougab, Hamid ; Bentahar, Naim
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development ; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center ; Instant Recall, Inc.
Subject/TRT Terms:

Computer Software--Reliability Computer Software--Validation Computer Software--Verification Highway Design HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Highway Safety Software Validation
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-04-080
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
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; SpecChek (Trademark), a V&V tool to check software with its specifications; Real-time computation of roundoff and other numerical errors; and Phased introduction of new software to minimize failures]; and 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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PDF
Funding:

DTFH61-02-F-00154
Collection(s):

Federal Highway Administration
Main Document Checksum:

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Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41550/dot_41550_DS1.pdf
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File Language:

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