Performance analysis of software reliability growth models with testing-effort and change-point

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-194

  Huang, Chin Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Change point; Non Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP); Software reliability; Software testing; Testing effort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RELIABILITY;

CHANGE POINTS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES (NHPP); SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING EFFORTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11144281844     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.04.024     Document Type: Article

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