On the nature of bias and defects in the software specification process
| Title | On the nature of bias and defects in the software specification process |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 1992 |
| Authors | Straub P, Zelkowitz MV |
| Conference Name | Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1992. COMPSAC '92. Proceedings., Sixteenth Annual International |
| Date Published | 1992/09// |
| Keywords | Center;NASA;Software, defects;software, engineering, Flight, Goddard, Laboratory;bias;coding, phase;design, processes;multiattribute, reliability;, reliability;formal, software, space, specification;software |
| Abstract | Implementation bias in a specification is an arbitrary constraint in the solution space. The authors describe the problem of bias and then present a model of the specification and design processes describing individual subprocesses in terms of precision/detail programs, and a model of bias in multi-attribute software specifications. While studying how bias is introduced into a specification it was realized that software defects and bias are dual problems of a single phenomenon. This has been used to explain the large proportion of faults found during the coding phase at the Software Engineering Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| DOI | 10.1109/CMPSAC.1992.217609 |