Software failure investigation : a near-miss analysis approach 1st ed.

Author

• Eloff, Jan

Additional Author(s)

• Bihina Bella, Madeleine

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2018

Language

English

ISBN

9783319613345

Series

Subject(s)

• QUALITY CONTROL
• RELIABILITY
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Notes

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Abstract

This book reviews existing operational software failure analysis techniques and proposes near-miss analysis as a novel, and new technique for investigating and preventing software failures. The authors provide details on how near-miss analysis techniques focus on the time-window before the software failure actually unfolds, so as to detect the high-risk conditions that can lead to a major failure. They detail how by alerting system users of an upcoming software failure, the detection of near misses provides an opportunity to collect at runtime failure-related data that is complete and relevant. They present a near-miss management systems (NMS) for detecting upcoming software failures, which can contribute significantly to the improvement of the accuracy of the software failure analysis. A prototype of the NMS is implemented and is discussed in the book. The authors give a practical hands-on approach towards doing software failure investigations by means of near-miss analysis that is of use to industry and academia. Investigates software failures in an operational environment through near-miss analysis; Studies recent and major software failures of significant magnitude; Provides a design of an architecture for a Near-Miss Management System.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (ix, 119 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill. (in color.)

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chap1: Introduction --
Chap2: Software Failures: An Overview --
Chap3: Near-Miss Analysis: An Overview --
Chap4: A Methodology for Investigating Software Failures Using Digital Forensics and Near-Miss Analysis --
Chap5: A Well-Defined Model for Near-Miss Detection And Prioritisation --
Chap6: An Architecture for a Near-Miss System (Nms) --
Chap7: Practical Demonstration of Conducting a Near-Miss Analysis Investigation for Software Failures.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	02034/20	621.382 Elo S	Online !	Available