Total variance approach to software reliability estimation

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 687-688

  Adams, Tom ^a,b  

^a TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Confidence intervals; Operational profile; Random testing; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041853831     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.541438     Document Type: Article

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