Software faults, software failures and software reliability modeling

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 687-699

  Munson, John C ^a  

^a University of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic program complexity; Software complexity; Software design; Software faults: Software failures; Software measurement; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAM COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE FAILURES; SOFTWARE FAULTS; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030296111     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-5849(96)01117-2     Document Type: Article

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