Computer software reliability has never been more important. Today, computers are employed in areas as diverse as air traffic control, nuclear reactors, aircraft, real-time military, industrial process control, security system control, biometric scan-systems, automotive, mechanical and safety control, and hospital patient monitoring systems. Many of these applications require critical functionality as software applications increase in size and complexity.System Software Reliability is an introduction to software reliability engineering as well as a detailed survey of the state-of-the-art techniques, methodologies and tools used to assess the reliability of software and combined software-hardware systems. The most recent research results in the field are reported and future directions in the subject are signposted.This comprehensive text will be of interest to: graduate students as an introduction to software reliability engineering and a textbook for graduate courses; software and reliability engineers as a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field; and, researchers and lecturers in universities and research institutions as a one-volume reference"

计算机软件的可靠性从未像现在这样重要。今天，计算机被应用于不同的领域，如空中交通管制、核反应堆、飞机、实时军事、工业过程控制、安全系统控制、生物识别扫描系统、汽车、机械和安全控制以及医院病人监控系统。随着软件应用的规模和复杂性的增加，其中许多应用需要关键的功能。系统软件可靠性是对软件可靠性工程的介绍，也是对用于评估软件和软硬件组合系统可靠性的最先进技术、方法和工具的详细调查。这本全面的书将会引起以下人员的兴趣：研究生作为软件可靠性工程的介绍和研究生课程的教科书；软件和可靠性工程师作为该领域的全面和最新的调查；大学和研究机构的研究人员和讲师作为单卷本的参考。