Stochastic software safety/reliability measurement and its application

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 123-145

  Tokuno, Koichi ^a   Yamada, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033263225     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018967011900     Document Type: Article

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