Software Trustworthiness Evaluation using Structural Equation Modeling

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Int J Performability Eng ›› 2019, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (10): 2628-2635.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.19.10.p8.26282635

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Software Trustworthiness Evaluation using Structural Equation Modeling

Rumei Deng^a^*, Yixiang Chen^b, Hengyang Wu^a, and Hongwei Tao^c

^aMoE Engineering Center for Software/Hardware Co-Design Technology and Application, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
^bShanghai Key Laboratory of Trustworthy Computing, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
^cSchool of Computer and Communication Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

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This work is supported by Fitsco The authors would also like to express their deepest gratitude to K L He for his revision of this paper

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Software trustworthiness evaluation results can provide guidance for existing software development. Therefore, it is of great significance to study software trustworthiness evaluation. Weights and the relationship of trustworthy attributes have a huge effect on the results of software trustworthiness evaluation. However, few studies have considered weights and the quantitative relationship among trustworthy attributes at the same time. Structural equation modeling (SEM) provides a more scientific and reasonable method to obtain weights, where the objectification of subjective weights is guaranteed. In this paper, we propose a SEM-based method to evaluate software trustworthiness. Firstly, we establish the trustworthy evaluation indicator system for software. Based on the survey data, we construct the SEM for software trustworthiness evaluation to obtain the weights of trustworthy attributes and the relationship among them. Lastly, we apply the trustworthy measurement model to calculate the trustworthiness value of software to be surveyed. These trustworthiness values demonstrate the reasonability of our method.

Key words: structural equation modeling (SEM), software trustworthiness, trustworthy attribute, weight

Rumei Deng, Yixiang Chen, Hengyang Wu, and Hongwei Tao. Software Trustworthiness Evaluation using Structural Equation Modeling [J]. Int J Performability Eng, 2019, 15(10): 2628-2635.

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