Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei!bwb From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Prediction from Unit Testing Message-ID: <9804@fy.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 22:27:12 GMT References: <1990Dec6.140439.24925@cbnewsj.att.com> Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 17 In article <1990Dec6.140439.24925@cbnewsj.att.com> edschulz@cbnewsj.att.com (edward.d.schulz) writes: >In article , vladimir@prosper.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) writes: >> I remember a short >> article in {Computer, IEEE Software} in the last few years which gave a >> formula for calculating the expected failures in the field given the number of >> hours of testing so far and the number of failures found. > >Check out "Quantifying Software Validation: When to Stop Testing?," by John >D. Musa and A. Frank Ackerman, IEEE Software, May 1989, p. 19-27. Or his book: Musa, Iannino, Okumoto, Software_Reliability_Measurement_ Prediction_Application, McGraw-Hill,1987 * Bruce Benson + Internet - bwb@sei.cmu.edu + + * Software Engineering Institute + Compuserv - 76226,3407 + >--|> * Carnegie Mellon University + Voice - 412 268 8469 + + * Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 + + US Air Force Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com