"The book itself is a commendable achievement, and it deals withthe security and software reliability theory in an integratedfashion with emphasis on practical applications to softwareengineering and information technology. It is an excellent andunique book and definitely a seminal contribution and first of itskind."
---- C. V. Ramamoorthy
Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,University of California-Berkeley, and Senior Research Fellow, ICCInstitute, The University of Texas-Austin, IEEE Life Fellow
Trustworthy Computing: Analytical and Quantitative EngineeringEvaluation
presents an index-based, quantitative approach to advances inreliability and security engineering. Objective, metric-oriented,and data-driven, its goal is to establish metrics to quantify riskand mitigate risk through risk management. Based on the author'sclass-tested curriculum, it covers:
Fundamentals of component and system reliability and a review ofsoftware reliability
Software reliability modeling using effort-based and clusteredfailure data and stochastic comparative measures
Quantitative modeling for security and privacy riskassessment
Cost-effective stopping rules in software reliabilitytesting
Availability modeling using Sahinoglu-Libby (S-L) ProbabilityDistribution
Reliability block diagramming for Simple and Complex EmbeddedSystems
Complete with a CD-ROM containing case histories and projectsthat give readers hands-on experience, this is a great text forstudents in courses on security, reliability, and trustworthiness,as well as a reference for practicing software designers anddevelopers, computer reliability and security specialists, andnetwork administrators who work with data.
Mehmet Sahinoglu
"It is a very well-written, academically rigorous reference. In this respect, it definitely fills the gap for the researcher and professor looking for an up-to-date resource.I will look forward to many more editions of this book." (Computing Reviews, April 3, 2008)
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