Abstract
In this paper, a dynamic software reliability prediction analysis is presented using reliability petri net models. Combinatorial type models (such as software fault tree, reliability block diagram, module graph and directed acyclic graph) are not suitable for dynamic reliability predictions of the embedded, concurrent, parallel and fault tolerant software. For this problem, the author proposes a Reliability Petri Net (RPN) which is an expansion of Condition/Event Net. Using the RPN models, we can predict dynamic software reliability and performance in the modeling phase of a software.
