Fault-Free Software.(automated inspection)(Technology Information)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  February, 1999  by Chou, Timothy

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Software failures can be devastating and cause lost business, declines in stock value and litigation. The most common software faults are logic errors and exception failures. An exception is an unexpected condition or event that causes an otherwise functional program to fail and may be due to incorrect user input,, bad data from another program or inadequate memory.

The testing necessary to produce highly reliable software can comprise 50 percent of a programming project life cycle. Bugs and errors find their way into applications despite the iterative testing process. Automated software ...

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