On-line prediction of software reliability using an evolutionary connectionist model

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Tian, Liang ^a   Noore, Afzel ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Neural networks; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

BAYESIAN REGULARIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY CONNECTIONIST MODEL; FAILURE TIME PREDICTION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 18144413934     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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