An integration of fault detection and correction processes in software reliability analysis

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1312-1323

  Lo, Jung Hua ^a   Huang, Chin Yu ^b  

^a LAN YANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mean value function (MVF); Non homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP); Software fault detection and correction processes; Software reliability growth model (SRGM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR DETECTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

MEAN VALUE FUNCTION (MVF); NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP); SOFTWARE FAULT DETECTION AND CORRECTION PROCESSES; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODEL (SRGM);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33748030463     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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