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ECE Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Defense by: Maskura Nafreen

When: Thursday, October 21, 2021
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Cost: Free
Description: Topic: Reliability and Performance Modeling of Software Applications and Processes

Zoom Teleconference: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/94835216696
Please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu for Meeting ID and Passcode.

Abstract:
Modern society is highly dependent on software-enabled systems, including mission and life-critical systems. High profile failures of these systems damage trust in the maturity of the underlying technology and subsequently create concerns related to system safety and security. In the absence of objective methods to model the reliability of software within complex systems, decision-makers will struggle to deliver dependable and trustworthy systems.

In past decades, researchers have proposed a variety of software reliability growth models (SRGM) to assess the reliability of software during phases of test and operation which often possess complicated parametric forms but disregard predictive accuracy. Moreover, most SRGM are restricted to defect discovery data, yet removal of these defects is the practical concern of software engineers. Traditional SRGM have also dedicated limited consideration of factors associated with software testing like the severity of defects. Prior efforts to model defect resolution are primarily based on systems of differential equations and queueing theory. However, these past modeling efforts offer little concrete guidance that software practitioners can relate to or use when attempting to improve their processes.

To overcome the limitations noted above, this dissertation presents several modeling contributions including: (i) a framework composed of several SRGM possessing a bathtub-shaped fault detection rate, stable and efficient model fitting algorithms, and assessment with a combination of predictive and information-theoretic measures to justify their increased complexity, (ii) connecting a NASA defect-tracking database to novel models of defect discovery and resolution, including differential equation-based, distributional, and Markovian models, and (iii) a defect resolution prediction model that utilizes a SRGM incorporating covariates through the discrete Cox proportional hazard model.

Note: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to join the zoom teleconference. All interested parties are invited to join.

Advisor: Dr. Lance Fiondella, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMASS Dartmouth

Committee Members: Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMASS Dartmouth; Dr. Gokhan Kul, Department of Computer & Information Science, UMASS Dartmouth; Dr. Ying Shi, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)


*For further information, please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu.
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