System reliability modeling of hardware, software, and interactions of hardware and software

Mengmeng Zhu, Hoang Pham

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Abstract

Many hardware reliability models and software reliability models have been developed to address failures in hardware subsystems and software subsystems, respectively. However, the interactions between hardware and software are often neglected. In this study, system failures are classified into three categories: hardware failures, software failures and hardware-software interaction failures. In particular, we classify hardware-software interaction failures into two categories: hardware-induced software failures and software-induced hardware failures. We develop a Markov-based unified system reliability model accounts all categories of system failures. The impact on system reliability as the changes of transition parameters is illustrated by numerical example.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 25th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
EditorsHoang Pham
PublisherInternational Society of Science and Applied Technologies
Pages73-77
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780991057672
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019
Event25th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, RQD 2019 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Aug 1 2019Aug 3 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 25th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design

Conference

Conference25th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, RQD 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period8/1/198/3/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Keywords

  • Hardware-software interactions
  • Markov process
  • System reliability modeling

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