Testing for imperfect debugging in software reliability

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-572

  Slud, Eric ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent asymptotically normal estimator; Counting process likelihood; Exponential order statistic model; Failure intensity; Identifiability; Imperfect debugging; Likelihood ratio; Mixture model; Score statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031491724     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00081     Document Type: Article

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