Reliability assessment and sensitivity analysis of software reliability growth modeling based on software module structure

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Lo, Jung Hua ^a   Huang, Chin Yu ^b   Chen, Ing Yi ^c   Kuo, Sy Yen ^d   Lyu, Michael R ^e  

^a LAN YANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Non homogeneous Poisson process; Sensitivity analysis; Software reliability; Software reliability growth models

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

POISSON PROCESSES; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SOFTWARE MODULE STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 10044247484     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.06.025     Document Type: Article

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