Computational intelligence methods in software reliability prediction

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 375-398

  Tian, Liang ^a   Noore, Afzel ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

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EID: 33845601673     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37368-1_12     Document Type: Article

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