Predicting operational software availability and its applications to telecommunication systems

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 923-930

  Zhang, Xuemei ^a   Pham, Hoang ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE FAILURE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037107240     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020772021000023022     Document Type: Article

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