Title: Parametric selection of software reliability growth models using multi-criteria decision-making approach

Authors: Rakesh Garg

Addresses: Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

Abstract: The present research aims at the development of a computation procedure based on the mathematical procedures to solve the problem of Software Reliability Growth Model's (SRGMs) selection problem. The present selection problem is set as a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem in this study and an MCDM approach, namely VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) is implemented to solve the same. To demonstrate the working of the VIKOR, two real-time failure data sets have been used on which 16 SRGMs are evaluated against a set of 12 selection indexes. The present study produces a comprehensive ranking of the various SRGMs based on their relative proximity as the result. The model having the smallest proximity value is graded at position-1 and the model with largest proximity value at the last position.

Keywords: software reliability; SRGMs; software reliability growth models; NHPP; MCDM; multi-criteria decision making; selection indexes; VIKOR.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2019.102888

International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2019 Vol.13 No.4, pp.291 - 309

Received: 08 May 2019
Accepted: 27 Aug 2019

Published online: 08 Oct 2019 *

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