Optimal testing resource allocation, and sensitivity analysis in software development

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 592-603

  Huang, Chin Yu ^a   Lyu, Michael R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Non homogeneous Poisson processes; Sensitivity analysis; Software reliability; Testing resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TESTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 29344468248     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2005.858099     Document Type: Article

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