Reliability and Performance Analysis of Architecture-Based Software Implementing Restarts and Retries Subject to Correlated Component Failures

• Published in: International journal of software engineering and knowledge engineering Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1307 - 1334
• Main Authors: Li, Xiao-Dan, Yin, Yong-Feng, Fiondella, Lance
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore World Scientific Publishing Company 01.10.2015; World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd
• Subjects: Chain branching; Component reliability; Computer architecture; Computer programs; Correlation; Embedded systems; Failure; Faults; Markov chains; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Recovery; Reliability analysis; Software; Software reliability; correlated component failure; Software architecture; software reliability; software performance; software recovery mechanisms

High reliability and performance are essential attributes of software systems designed for critical real-time applications. To improve the reliability and performance of software, many systems incorporate some form of fault recovery mechanism. However, contemporary models of software reliability and...