arhik/srt repository overview

We designed a tool which will determine the reliability of a software based on the failure data. Such tools enable the big software vendors to assess their software and predict the reliability. This tool is based on the mathematical software reliability growth models. Many such tools are available already but the key is to design a web based tool so that software reliability estimation can be provided as a service. This link (https://github.com/LanceFiondella/srt.core/⁠) describes a detailed procedure to integrate a new Software Reliability Growth Model into an Open Source Software Reliability Tool named SRT. SRT is designed in a modular approach to integrate any new or existing contributed Software Reliability Growth Model. Model Architecture is loosely coupled with the Tool architecture, making it easier for the model contributors to focus on mathematical details of the model rather than on the design elements of tool architecture. The tool architecture validates the model and integrates it transparently using Travis CI webhook. Contributors can visualize the application of their model on the failure data immediately after their model is validated. This flexible architecture allows reliability researchers and practitioner to integrate their own models and use the tool under the Open-Source MIT license agreement. The contributors can also (benchmark) compare and contrast their models with other models based on the robustness in terms of data handling and efficiency in terms of time complexity. For the model to be valid the contributors must follow specific procedural steps and conventions which are essential for model integration. My project report serves as a guide to tool users and model contributors with necessary details of overall tool architecture. The model contributors guide and contributors guide are provided on github.