A reliability-constrained software release policy using a non-Gaussian Kalman filter model

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-314

  Liu, Ching Ti ^a   Chang, Yen Chang ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; KALMAN FILTERS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

KALMAN FILTER MODEL; OPTIMAL RELEASE; RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS; SOFTWARE FAILURE; SOFTWARE RELEASE; SOFTWARE RELEASE TIME; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODELS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 33947509422     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964807070180     Document Type: Article

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