Performance-Related Reliability Measures for Computing Systems

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn C-27, Issue 6, 1978, Pages 540-547

  Beaudry, M Danielle ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL;

EID: 0017983601     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.1978.1675145     Document Type: Article

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