Lawrence Bernstein & C. M. Yuhas 
Trustworthy Systems Through Quantitative Software Engineering 

A benchmark text on software development and quantitative software
engineering

‘We all trust software. All too frequently, this trust is
misplaced. Larry Bernstein has created and applied quantitative
techniques to develop trustworthy software systems. He and C. M.
Yuhas have organized this quantitative experience into a book of
great value to make software trustworthy for all of us.’

-Barry Boehm

Trustworthy Systems Through Quantitative Software Engineering
proposes a novel, reliability-driven software engineering approach,
and discusses human factors in software engineering and how these
affect team dynamics. This practical approach gives software
engineering students and professionals a solid foundation in
problem analysis, allowing them to meet customers’ changing needs
by tailoring their projects to meet specific challenges, and
complete projects on schedule and within budget.

Specifically, it helps developers identify customer requirements,
develop software designs, manage a software development team, and
evaluate software products to customer specifications. Students
learn ‘magic numbers of software engineering, ‘ rules of thumb that
show how to simplify architecture, design, and
implementation.

Case histories and exercises clearly present successful software
engineers’ experiences and illustrate potential problems, results,
and trade-offs. Also featuring an accompanying Web site with
additional and related material, Trustworthy Systems Through
Quantitative Software Engineering is a hands-on, project-oriented
resource for upper-level software and computer science students,
engineers, professional developers, managers, and professionals
involved in software engineering projects.

An Instructor’s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the
problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial
department.

An Instructor Support FTP site is also available.

About the author

LAWRENCE BERNSTEIN is the Series Editor for the Quantitative
Software Engineering Series, published by Wiley. Professor
Bernstein is currently Industry Research Professor at the Stevens
Institute of Technology. He previously pursued a distinguished
executive career at Bell Laboratories. He is a Fellow of IEEE and
ACM.

C. M. YUHAS is a freelance writer who has published articles on
network management in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communication and IEEE Network. She has a BA in English from
Douglass College and an MA in communications from New York
University.