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On the nature of bias and defects in the software specification process

Author
Zelkowitz, Marvin V.
Published
Nov 1, 1992.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Straub, Pablo A.
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Summary
Implementation bias in a specification is an arbitrary constraint in the solution space. This paper describes the problem of bias. Additionally, this paper presents a model of the specification and design processes describing individual subprocesses in terms of precision/detail diagrams and a model of bias in multi-attribute software specifications. While studying how bias is introduced into a specification we realized that software defects and bias are dual problems of a single phenomenon. This was used to explain the large proportion of faults found during the coding phase at the Software Engineering Laboratory at NASA/GSFC.
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Collection
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19930007977.
Accession ID: 93N17166.
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Collected Software Engineering Papers, Volume 10; 8 p.
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