Software Reliability Model with Optimal Selection of Failure Data

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1095-1104

  Schneidewind, Norman F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

NHPP software reliability model; optimal selection of failure data; Space Shuttle application

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SPACE SHUTTLES;

DATA AGING; FAILURE COUNT INTERVAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMAL SELECTION OF FAILURE DATA; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODEL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0027695560     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.256856     Document Type: Article

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