A replicated empirical study of a selection method for software reliability growth models

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-182

  Andersson, Carina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Replication; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; REPLICATION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 33847734004     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-006-9018-0     Document Type: Article

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