Determining the optimal release time for software in the geometric Poisson reliability model

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-213

  Boland, Philip J ^a   Singh, Harshinder ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost models; Geometric poisson model; Non homogeneous poisson processes; Optimal release time; Software reliability; Testing software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER DEBUGGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GEOMETRIC POISSON MODEL; NON HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; OPTIMAL RELEASE TIME; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TESTING SOFTWARE;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0036415984     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539302000779     Document Type: Article

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