Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification, and Testing

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

Springer Handbooks

Abstract

Hardware and software together are now part and parcel of almost all the modern devices. Hence, the study of both hardware reliability and software reliability has become very important in order to ensure availability of the devices. There are several distinct differences between hardware and software, and hence, even though the definition of reliability in both the cases remains the same, finding out reliability of a hardware may call for a different methodology than that for a software. Since a software cannot be seen, nor can it be touched, finding out reliability of a software becomes difficult as such. In this chapter we discuss in brief the concepts and methodologies adopted to find out reliabilities of software and hardware. We also discuss some basic differences between hardware and software. A few important methods used for estimating hardware and software reliability have been discussed in brief. A thorough bibliography has been provided for the readers to look into the details of the methodologies wherever required.

First Page

415

Last Page

442

DOI

10.1007/978-1-4471-7503-2_22

Publication Date

1-1-2023

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