%0 Journal Article %1 Partridge1997707 %A Partridge, D. %A Krzanowski, W. %D 1997 %J Information and Software Technology %K krzanowski software statistics %N 10 %P 707 - 717 %R 10.1016/S0950-5849(97)00023-2 %T Software diversity: practical statistics for its measurement and exploitation %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584997000232 %V 39 %X The topic of this paper is the exploitation of diversity to enhance computer system reliability. It is well established that a diverse system composed of multiple alternative versions is more reliable than any single version alone, and this knowledge has occasionally been exploited in safety-critical applications. However, it is not clear what this property is, nor how the available diversity in a collection of versions is best exploited. We develop, define, illustrate and assess diversity measures, voting strategies for diversity exploitation, and interactions between the two. We take the view that a proper understanding of such issues is required if multiversion software engineering is to be elevated from the current "try it and see" procedure to a systematic technology. In addition, we introduce inductive programming techniques, particularly neural computing, as a cost-effective route to the practical use of multiversion systems outside the demanding requirements of safety-critical systems, i.e. in general software engineering.

@article{Partridge1997707, abstract = {The topic of this paper is the exploitation of diversity to enhance computer system reliability. It is well established that a diverse system composed of multiple alternative versions is more reliable than any single version alone, and this knowledge has occasionally been exploited in safety-critical applications. However, it is not clear what this property is, nor how the available diversity in a collection of versions is best exploited. We develop, define, illustrate and assess diversity measures, voting strategies for diversity exploitation, and interactions between the two. We take the view that a proper understanding of such issues is required if multiversion software engineering is to be elevated from the current "try it and see" procedure to a systematic technology. In addition, we introduce inductive programming techniques, particularly neural computing, as a cost-effective route to the practical use of multiversion systems outside the demanding requirements of safety-critical systems, i.e. in general software engineering.}, added-at = {2011-08-25T12:14:35.000+0200}, author = {Partridge, D. and Krzanowski, W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21cb298be77c18fca3565cc2614fbc7a6/vivion}, description = {ScienceDirect - Information and Software Technology : Software diversity: practical statistics for its measurement and exploitation}, doi = {10.1016/S0950-5849(97)00023-2}, interhash = {a1ba5636b87c72995334e5a3eeea5303}, intrahash = {1cb298be77c18fca3565cc2614fbc7a6}, issn = {0950-5849}, journal = {Information and Software Technology}, keywords = {krzanowski software statistics}, number = 10, pages = {707 - 717}, timestamp = {2011-08-25T12:14:35.000+0200}, title = {Software diversity: practical statistics for its measurement and exploitation}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584997000232}, volume = 39, year = 1997 }