@article {10.3844/jcssp.2015.813.820,
article_type = {journal},
title = {A GQM Based Approach towards the Development of Metrics for Software Safety},
author = {Jayasri, Kotti and Seetharamaiah, Panchumarthy},
volume = {11},
number = {6},
year = {2015},
month = {Sep},
pages = {813-820},
doi = {10.3844/jcssp.2015.813.820},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jcssp.2015.813.820},
abstract = {Software sometimes safety-critical if it resides in a safety-critical computer systems and it causes or contributes to hazards. Therefore, Safety-critical software intensive systems require verification and validation to confirm that they function as per the safety requirements. Software Safety is a combination of many factors. Metrics are commonly used in engineering as measures for the performance of a system on a given attribute. This paper presents a methodology for software safety framework based on Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) Approach. The proposed methodology was applied to a safety-critical Railroad Crossing Control System (RCCS) which is a laboratory prototype. The outcomes of the prototype are satisfactory and observed that safety risks are within the acceptable threshold level.},
journal = {Journal of Computer Science},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}