A Survey of Software Reliability Models

TL;DR

This survey reviews fundamental black-box and white-box software reliability models, discusses their limitations, and suggests directions for future research to improve software reliability assessment methods.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of existing models and highlights their shortcomings, proposing new research avenues in software reliability modeling.

Findings

Identifies key limitations of current reliability models.

Summarizes fundamental black-box and white-box models.

Suggests future research directions.

Abstract

Software reliability analysis is performed at various stages during the process of engineering software as an attempt to evaluate if the software reliability requirements have been (or might be) met. In this report, I present a summary of some fundamental black-box and white-box software reliability models. I also present some general shortcomings of these models and suggest avenues for further research.