The effects of network size and fault intermmittency on troubleshooting performance

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Allen, John A ^a   Teague, Ross C ^a   Carter, Rose E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER TESTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; REPAIR; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

FAULT INTERMITTENCY; NETWORK SIZE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE NETWORKER; TROUBLESHOOTING PERFORMANCE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029757239     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.477867     Document Type: Article

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