Definition of Software Fault Emulation Operators: A Field Data Study

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 105-114

  Durães, João ^a   Madeira, Henrique ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA REDUCTION; FORMAL LOGIC; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE FAULT EMULATION; SOURCE CODES;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542360017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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