Optimal and adaptive testing for software reliability assessment

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 989-1000

  Cai, Kai Yuan ^a   Li, Yong Chao ^a   Liu, Ke ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Adaptive testing; Controlled Markov chain; Optimal testing; Software cybernetics; Software reliability assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CYBERNETICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MECHANICAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONTROLLED MARKOV CHAIN; OPTIMAL TESTING; SOFTWARE CYBERNETICS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 10644283186     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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