With the rise of software complexity, software-related accidents represent a significant threat
for computer-based systems. Software Fault Injection is a method to anticipate worst-case …

Because of our present inability to produce error-free software, software fault tolerance is
and will continue to be an important consideration in software systems. The root cause of …

Is there such a thing anymore as a software system that doesn't need to be secure? Almost
every softwarecontrolled system faces threats from potential adversaries, from Internet …

This paper introduces a reliability model, and a reliability analysis technique for component-
based software. The technique is named Scenario-Based Reliability Analysis (SBRA). Using …

With the growing emphasis on reuse, software development process moves toward
component-based software design. As a result, there is a need for modeling approaches that …

Our society is faced with an increasing dependence on computing systems, not only in high
tech consumer applications but also in areas (eg, air and railway traffic control, nuclear plant …

Many future software systems will be distributed across a network, extensively providing
different kinds of services for their users. These systems must be highly reliable and provide …

The commercial offer concerning microkernel technology constitutes an attractive alternative
for develo** operating systems to suit a wide range of application domains. However, the …

Traditional approaches to software reliability modeling are black box-based; that is, the
software system is considered as a whole, and only its interactions with the outside world …

Certification of modeling and simulation (M&S) applications poses significant technical
challenges for M&S program managers, engineers, and practitioners. Certification is …