A New Measurement Method for Software Trustworthiness Based on Rough Sets

Abstract

Usually, software trustworthiness represents the consistency of software behavior and its claim. Addressing to the measurement method of software trustworthiness, this paper propose a new measurement method for software trustworthiness based on rough sets. In detail, we firstly define the formal representation of software trustworthiness according to its definition. Secondly, we introduce relative measurement method about rough sets and its application approaches in measurement for software trustworthiness. Thirdly, a new measurement method for software trustworthiness is presented which use rough sets to measure the similarities between the software behavior and its claim. Finally, we make the conclusion of this paper and discuss some research area in software trustworthiness in future. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.