is a program for doing Statistical Modeling and Estimation
of Reliability Functions for Systems. It was created by
Dr. William Farr back in 1982 and
has been evolving ever since. Assisting him in the coding
is Oliver Smith.
Two primary versions exist:
SMERFS and
SMERFS^3.
[Comparative Description.]
[Implementation Notes.]
[Binaries.]
[Source.]
Newcomers to the field of Software Reliablity may wish
to read a overview of the
topic and reference some highly recommended
publications.
This site contains the latest publically available version
of SMERFS and SMERFS^3 information, directly obtained from
the author, Dr. Farr.
On it you can find source code,
precomiled binaries,
documentation,
articles,
and
presentations.