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Suitability analysis of software reliability models for its applicability on NPP systems
Author(s) -
Kumar Pramod,
Singh Lalit Kumar,
Kumar Chiranjeev
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
quality and reliability engineering international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1099-1638
pISSN - 0748-8017
DOI - 10.1002/qre.2315
Subject(s) - reliability engineering , reliability (semiconductor) , software reliability testing , software quality , software , computer science , nuclear power plant , verification and validation , avionics software , software system , software development , systems engineering , engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language , operations management , nuclear physics
The advent of software components in the safety critical systems of nuclear power plant has introduced new challenges for software professionals to provide increased software reliability. Several proposals have been proposed for ensuring software reliability in different phases of software development life cycle. The present article is a novel attempt in providing an exhaustive survey of software reliability models for their applicability on safety critical systems of nuclear power plants. Our systematic review shows that none of the proposals for ensuring software reliability are applicable on such systems. The issues and challenges are discussed, and a software reliability model for safety critical system of nuclear power plants is proposed.