Can We Assume Independence for Mult-version Software?
- Unlike hardware physical failures governed by the laws of physics,
software errors are the products of human (mis-)reasoning.
- Subjective arguments have been offered for and against the independence
assumption.
- Subjective arguments for independence are not sufficiently compelling to
justify making it an axiom, we do not believe.
Curator and Responsible NASA Official:
Ricky W. Butler
last modified: 10 September 1998 (15:57:28)