A Markov chain model for predicting the reliability of multi-build software

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 889-894

  Whittaker, J A ^a   Rekab, K ^a   Thomason, M G ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Software failure; Software reliability model; Software testing

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0034271970     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(00)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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