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An Architecture-Based Software Reliability Model Wen-Li Wang Ye Wu Mei-Hwa Chen Computer Science Department SUNY Albany (wlwang,wuye,mhc)@cs.albany.edu Abstract practitioner is faced with the challenge of selecting In this paper we present an analytical model for estimat- suitable styles, or modeling configurations of selected ing architecture-based software reliability, according to styles, for designing the architecture to a given software the reliability of each component, the operational profile, specification. In such a situation, a method or model to and the architecture of software. Our approach is based predict or evaluate the reliability of a heterogeneous style on Markov chain properties and architecture view to state software system can certainly provide a means through view transformations to perform reliability analysis on which designers can configure the architecture that best heterogeneous software architectures. We demonstrate fits their quality demands. how this analytical model can be utilized to estimate the Our previous studies [5, 29] suggest that at the reliability of a heterogeneous architecture consisting of architecture design stage it is possible to select an batch-sequential/pipeline, call-and-return, parallel/pipe- architectural style that can provide be