Economic Aspects of Reliability Assessment and Prediction of Open Source Softwares- A Review

Abstract: In this paper, Economic aspects of reliability assessment and prediction of OSSs reviewed. It needs a long time for a company to make a reputation for being “reliable”, and only a short time to be branded as “unreliable” after shipping a flawed product. In Economic aspects, continual assessment of new product reliability and ongoing control of the reliability of everything shipped are critical necessities in today’s competitive business arena. Open Source Communities have successfully developed a great deal of software. Government of India is also promoting usage of open source softwares due to its economic feasibility and security. In this paper various expert’s views about OSS reliability have been analyzed. Different characteristics of OSS than proprietary s/w affect the reliability. Furthermore selection of appropriate reliability metrics has been discussed. Various SRGMs and Reliability tools were also discussed. These findings are also analyzed and verified in Economic Aspects. This paper will be helpful for research scholars doing their research in Software Reliability.

Keywords: Software Reliability, Open Source Softwares, SRGM, Reliability Metrics