Review of software

Methods for determining that software is performing its functions properly must be documented and followed. User surveys and postimplementation reviews of software performance can be required to evaluate whether or not software is performing its functions as documented. 

Laboratories utilizing automated data collection systems must provide such control of those systems that current and future system performance can be assured and that data integrity can be maintained. Consistent, accurate, and reliable system performance depends on the control of laboratory facilities and equipment requirements, as well as software requirements. Functional testing, a requirement for both equipment and software, and source code review of software are also required to provide control of system performance. 

REVIEW OF SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING ... 

No reeord of review of software fix and correction of incorrect electronic records. [FDA 483, 2002]... 

The non-linear mixed effects model is the most widely used method and has proven to be very useful for continuous measures of drug effect, categorical response data, and survival-type data. The nonlinear mixed-effects modeling software (NONMEM) introduced by Sheiner and Beal is one of the most commonly used programs for population analysis. A detailed review of software for performing population PK/PD analysis is available. ... 

All documents of the life cycle (including software programs) should be reviewed before their issue. The checking criteria are to be established in the SOPs describing document content. A competent person must check the document structure and content. The Source Code Review of software programs should be carried out only for those parts of the source code that were categorized as particularly critical in the risk assessment. 

For a complete discussion of geometric programming, the interested reader is referred to Duffin et al. (1967), and Beighter and Phillips (1976). Reviews of software for solving geometric programming problems are provided in Dembo (1976) and Rijckaert and Walraven (1985). 

Vilkomir S.A., Kharchenko V.S. Methodology of the Review of Software for Safety Important Systems// Safety and Reliability. Proceedings of ESREL 99 - The Tenth European Conference on Safety and Reliability, Munich-Garching, Germany, 13-17 September, 1999, vol. 1, pp. 593-596. 

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) developed models of fire behavior and exiting behavior of building occupants during a fire. That has resulted in several models, some of which are commercial products. NIST conducted a review of software for modeling fire egress. 

The last characteristic is the quality review results metric (SQ). During large software developments formal and informal reviews of software requirements and design are conducted. Any problems identified in the documentation or in the software design are recorded in discrepancy reports. Studies show a strong correlation between errors reported at these early phases and existence of unresolved problems that will be found later during test and operation. The quality review results metric is a measure of the effect of the... 

Before installing it, the computer program must be challenged in all possible situations to ensure that it matches operational requirements. Any review of software should include an independent software engineer who can challenge the philosophy behind the software. All software changes must be fully described and recorded and plant operators fully trained in the effects of the changes. 

Lehnert, S. A Review of Software Change Impact Analysis. Ilmenau University of Technology, Department of Software Systems / Process Informatics, Germany (2011)... 

The review of software requirements shall be performed at the completion of the software requirements documentation. This review shall ensure that the requirements are complete, verifiable, and consistent. The review shall also ensure that the requirements will result in feasible and usable codes. 

There are numerous articles and references on computational research studies. If none exist for the task at hand, the researcher may have to guess which method to use based on its assumptions. It is then prudent to perform a short study to verify the method s accuracy before applying it to an unknown. When an expert predicts an error or best method without the benefit of prior related research, he or she should have a fair amount of knowledge about available options A savvy researcher must know the merits and drawbacks of various methods and software packages in order to make an informed choice. The bibliography at the end of this chapter lists sources for reviewing accuracy data. Appendix A of this book provides short reviews of many software packages. 

Gurtman, G.A., Review of Techniques Used to Analyze Stress Wave Propagation in Composites, Systems, Science and Software Report No. 3SR-154, Part II, La Jolla, CA, 40 pp., December 1969. 

CRITERIA FOR THE REVIEW OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING... 

The QA unit should have written procedures (SOPs) for the conduct of inspections and audits. These procedures should incorporate all considerations for the review of electronic data systems. The QA unit SOPs should address the role and responsibilities of the QA unit in software development, purchase, and validation activities, in-process audit procedures for data collected on line, procedures for on-line review of data (i.e., what will be verified and how much data will be reviewed), and the procedure for auditing reports using on-line data. 

The facility inspection should include a review of the computer systems and software to ensure they have been validated. There may be differences between how network systems are validated in contrast to stand-alone systems. The records, procedures, and SOPs for the different systems should be reviewed as part of the facility inspection. If validation reports have not previously been reviewed by the QA unit, the facility inspection may provide an opportunity to review these reports and data. 

Adobe Acrobat Reader is software that permits users to view, navigate, search, and print Adobe PDF tiles on major computer platforms. The software is free and available from Adobe Systems Web site. Although useful, the Reader does not support all the functionality that OPP s reviewers require. For the pilots, OPP purchased Adobe Acrobat, Version 4.0, to support the review of studies submitted as PDF files. Adobe Acrobat permits review, mark-up, annotation, and extraction of text and tables for editing or other manipulations, in addition to basic viewing, navigation, and printing capabilities. 

Marengo, E., Robotti, E., Antonucci, F., Cecconi, D., Campostrini, N., Righetti, P.G. (2005). Numerical approaches for quantitative analysis of two-dimensional maps A review of commercial software and home-made systems. Proteomics 5, 654. 

The advancement of >400 MHz NMR instruments with spin decoupling and Fourier transform software now allows identification of individual olefinic protons of nanogram carotenoids53. We have shown two examples (lycopene and capsantin) for which the chemical shifts have been employed in the assignment of relative configuration49. As for review of the 13C NMR of carotenoids, Englert in 198154 gave information especially on the position of the cis double bonds in a polyene chain. 

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