Reliability estimation for statistical usage testing using markov chains

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 54-65

  Guen, Héléne Le ^a   Marie, Raymond ^b   Thelin, Thomas ^c  

^a Société Alitec   (France)

^b CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ESTIMATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STATISTICAL USAGE TESTING (SUT); WHITTAKER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 16244412949     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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