Software reliability models for computer implementations - An empirical study

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-164

  Triantafyllos, George ^a   Vassiliadis, Stamatis ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer system testing; Error prediction models; Functional testing; Microcode development; Reliability models

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER TESTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM TESTING; ERROR PREDICTION MODELS; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; MICROCODE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODELS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030085273     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199602)26:2<135::AID-SPE1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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