Abstract:
A forecasting method of software failure using fractals is proposed in this study. The empirical failure data (three data sets of Musas and one of NTDS) are used to demonstrate the performance of the reliability forecasting. Compared with other method, our method is very effective. It should be noticed that the analyses and research methods in this study are differ from the conventional methods in the past and a new idea for the research of the software failure mechanism is presented.