CS 8317 (Spring 2020): Topics and Related Slides/Reading Material
No specific reading assignments will be given.
However, the following is the list of topics,
and the corresponding slides, and chapters from our textbooks or
online papers:
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8317 overview and common analysis techniques for both SRE and SSE:
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Overview: class webpage,
online slide set OV
- Common analysis techniques:
- Defect analysis: Tian/SQE, Chapter 20 and related slides online.
- Trend analysis: Lyu/HSRE, Chapter 10, and Abuta/Tian-2018 paper
(SRE4_j36doedSRE.pdf) on Canvas
- ODC: Lyu/HSRE, Chapter 9;
Additional papers:
Abuta/Tian-2018 large to small company ODC adaptation paper (A_c50smallODC.pdf),
Ma/Tian-2007 Web ODC paper (A_j27webODC.pdf),
and Cloud ODC paper by Alannsary/Tian'2015 (A_c44cloudODC.pdf) on Canvas.
- Risk identification: Tian/SQE, Chapter 21
(or the Tian-2000/Risk paper, A_j15risk.pdf, on Canvas)
and related slides online.
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SRE topics and related recent development:
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SRE Overview:
online slide set SRE.1, and
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Tian-AIC (SRE2_b1sreAIC.pdf on Canvas),
Sections 1 and 2;
- Tian/SQE Chapter 22 (see related slides online as well);
- Lyu/HSRE, Chapters 1 and 2.
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TBRMs and Integrated SRE:
online slide set SRE.2, and
- Tian-AIC (whole chapter);
- Tian/SQE, Chapter 22
- (also Tian/SQE Chapter 21 and related slides for TBM technique).
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Individual (classical) SRE models:
online slide set SRE.3
- Tian-AIC, Section 2;
- Lyu/HSRE, Chapter 3.
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SRE application and other SRE Frontiers:
online slide set SRE.4, and
- Lyu/HSRE, Chapters 8 and 11;
- Web SRE with different usage measurement:
Kallepalli/Tian-2001 and
Tian/Rudraraju/Li-2004 papers (SRE4_j18webmtr.pdf and SRE4_j23webld.pdf on Canvas)
- Data clustering in SRE: Tian-2002 paper SRE4_j19dcrm.pdf on Canvas
- New applications and extensions (SMU sre4_smu.ppt on Canvas):
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E-commerce SRE: Jaffal/Tian'2014 (SRE4_c42ecWebSRE.pdf on Canvas),
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Cloud SRE:
Bokhary/Tian'2017 (SRE4_j35cloudsreGmap.pdf on Canvas)
- Experience factor and SRE: Y.Tian/J.Tian/Li'2017
(SRE4_c47exprSRE.pdf on Canvas)
- Embedded system OED SRE: Abuta/Tian'2018 (SRE4_j36oedSRE.pdf on Canvas).
- Proactive RT-SRE: Y.Tian/J.Tian/Li'2020 (SRE4_j40cloudRelEff.pdf on Canvas).
- Just-in-time/JIT defect prediction/correction and effect on reliability:
Y.Tian/Li/J.Tian/Zheng'2020 (SRE4_c51JIT_SRE).
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SSE topics and recent developments:
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SSE overview:
online slide set SSE.1, and
- Tian/SQE, Chapter 16, Section 16.4.
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Safeware (SSE main approach):
"Safeware", whole book, but with focus on Chapter 9
and Part IV (Chapters 11-18).
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Safety analysis:
online slide set SSE.2, and
- "Safeware", Chapter 14 (and 13&15 also);
- Lyu/HSRE, Chapter 15.
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Safety through hazard and risk resolution:
online slide set SSE.3, and
- "Safeware", Chapter 16 (and 17&18 also);
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Formal Verification in SSE:
online slide set SSE.4, and
- Tian/SQE, Chapter 15 and 16 (16.5), and related slides.
- "Safeware", Chapter 18.
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Nancy Leveson,
"Engineering a Safer World",
MIT Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-262-01662-9
(available as open access PDF file, or you can buy a paperback.)
Slides (SSE4_SaferBook_LAW-2013-Leveson.pdf) on Canvas
Prepared by Jeff Tian
(tian@engr.smu.edu).
Posted: March 17, 2022.
Last update: March 17, 2022.