Crash data collection: A windows case study

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 280-285

  Ganapathi, Archana ^a   Patterson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH DATA COLLECTION; PERSONAL COMPUTER INDUSTRY; WINDOWS MACHINES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY THEORY; USER INTERFACES;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 27544495732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2005.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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