Architecture-based software reliability modeling

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-146

  Wang, Wen Li ^a   Pan, Dai ^b,c,d   Chen, Mei Hwa ^b,c  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Bear Stearns and Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural style; Markov model; Reliability estimation; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE; MARKOV MODEL; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 31044432627     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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