Reliability engineering: Old problems and new challenges

E Zio - Reliability engineering & system safety, 2009 - Elsevier
The first recorded usage of the word reliability dates back to the 1800s, albeit referred to a
person and not a technical system. Since then, the concept of reliability has become a …

Towards a research agenda for understanding and managing uncertainty in self-adaptive systems

D Weyns, R Calinescu, R Mirandola, K Tei… - ACM SIGSOFT …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Despite considerable research efforts on handling uncertainty in self-adaptive systems, a
comprehensive understanding of the precise nature of uncertainty is still lacking. This paper …

Using software dependencies and churn metrics to predict field failures: An empirical case study

N Nagappan, T Ball - First International Symposium on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Commercial software development is a complex task that requires a thorough understanding
of the architecture of the software system. We analyze the Windows Server 2003 operating …

A modeling approach to analyze the impact of error propagation on reliability of component-based systems

V Cortellessa, V Grassi - … Symposium, CBSE 2007, Medford, MA, USA …, 2007 - Springer
We present a novel approach to the analysis of the reliability of a component-based system
that takes into account an important architectural attribute, namely the error propagation …

A systematic review of quality attributes and measures for software product lines

S Montagud, S Abrahão, E Insfran - Software Quality Journal, 2012 - Springer
It is widely accepted that software measures provide an appropriate mechanism for
understanding, monitoring, controlling, and predicting the quality of software development …

New classification models for detecting Hate and Violence web content

S Liu, T Forss - 2015 7th international joint conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today, the presence of harmful and inappropriate content on the web still remains one of the
most primary concerns for web users. Web classification models in the early days are limited …

An optimization framework for “build-or-buy” decisions in software architecture

V Cortellessa, F Marinelli, P Potena - Computers & Operations Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Building a software architecture that meets functional requirements is a quite consolidated
activity, whereas keeping high quality attributes is still an open challenge. In this paper we …

Reliability and barrier assessment of series–parallel systems subject to cascading failures

L Xie, MA Lundteigen, Y Liu - … , Part O: Journal of Risk and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Cascading failures can occur in many technical systems where the components are
organized as in series–parallel structures. The failures in these systems may propagate from …

[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis of safety instrumented systems against cascading failures during prolonged demands

L Xie, MA Lundteigen, Y Liu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Cascading failures may occur in many technical systems where the failure of one
component triggers successive events. Safety barriers like safety instrumented systems are …

Error propagation in the reliability analysis of component based systems

P Popic, D Desovski, W Abdelmoez… - 16th IEEE International …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Component based development is gaining popularity in the software engineering
community. The reliability of components affects the reliability of the system. Different models …