Optimal reliability allocation for modular software system designed for multiple customers

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E79-D, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1655-1662

  Leung, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Modular software systems; Optimization; Software reliability allocation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MODULAR SOFTWARE SYSTEM; SOFTWARE OPERATIONAL PROFILE; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ALLOCATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030392313     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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