Parameter Estimation of Discrete Logistic Curve Models for Software Reliability Assessment

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-53

  Satoh, Daisuke ^a   Yamada, Shigeru ^b  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discrete equations; Exact solutions; Logistic equation; Software reliability growth model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347968264     PISSN: 09167005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167447     Document Type: Article

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