The Design for Trustworthy Software Compilation Taguchi Methods and Optimization for Robust Software

Applications to the Design of Trustworthy Software

Having reviewed the elements of Taguchi Methods as they relate to software design, we now want to pull everything together as a set of guidelines for the use of these Methods in the earliest stages of design. Chapters 18 and 19 of Design for Trustworthy Software by Jayaswal and Patton, published by Prentice Hall, show how Taguchi Methods can be adapted for validation, verification, testing, evaluation, integration, extension, and maintenance to ensure trustworthy software. For software development, design is the primary activity, but we include requirements development, functional specification, and technical design as the three phases of the design process. Clearly Taguchi Methods apply only ...