Statistical Methods in Software Engineering

数学科学委员会(BMS)、国家研究理事会(NRC)将通过其应用和理论统计委员会(CATS)建立一个小组，以编写一份报告，突出软件工程中可有效应用现代统计方法的问题领域。该报告将强调在软件工程环境中使用严格的统计和概率技术的相关性，并勾勒出在这一方向上进一步研究的机会。它将涉及软件工程师在统计方法方面的教育和培训，以及对软件工程感兴趣的统计学家。该小组将由软件工程师(包括人为因素专家)、应用概率学家和统计学家组成。该报告将通过展示评估软件生产率、质量、可靠性、风险、安全性和软件开发过程管理的方法来影响软件工程。它将概述统计科学的研究计划及其在软件工程中的应用。作为一个附带好处，这份报告将影响其他密切相关的学科，例如应用数学、运筹学、计算机科学、系统工程、工业工程和质量控制。

The Board on Mathematical Sciences (BMS), National Research Council (NRC), through its Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (CATS) will establish a panel to produce a report spotlighting problem areas in software engineering to which the application of modern statistical methodology can be fruitfully applied. The report will both emphasize the relevance of employing rigorous statistical and probabilistic techniques in software engineering contexts, and delineate opportunities for further research in this direction. It will address education and training of software engineers in statistical methodology, and of statisticians interested in software engineering. The panel will be composed of software engineers (including human factors specialists), applied probabilists, and statisticians. The report will influence software engineering by exhibiting methods for assessing software productivity, quality, reliability, risk, safety, and management of software development process. It will outline a program of research in the statistical sciences and their applications to software engineering. As a subsidiary benefit, this report will influence other closely related disciplines, e.g., applied mathematics, operations research, computer science, systems engineering, industrial engineering, and quality control.