Software reliability allocation under an uncertain operational profile

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-411

  Leung, Y W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allocation; Computers; Reliability; Software

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MODULAR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ALLOCATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031118977     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600384     Document Type: Article

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