Improving reliability of large software systems

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 3-51

  Ebert, Christof ^a   Liedtke, Thomas ^a   Baisch, Ekkehard ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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EID: 0033259739     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018971212809     Document Type: Article

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