Analysis of software fault removal policies using a non-homogeneous continuous time Markov chain

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-230

  Gokhale, Swapna S ^a   Lyu, Michael R ^b   Trivedi, Kishor S ^c  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault removal; Non homogeneous continuous time Markov chain; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; METRIC SYSTEM; POISSON EQUATION; RELIABILITY; TESTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FAULT REMOVAL; NON-HOMOGENEOUS CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN; RESIDUAL FAULT; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 3142758882     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SQJO.0000034709.63615.8b     Document Type: Article

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