Software Reliability and Readiness Assessment Based on the Non-homogeneous Poisson Process

Advances in Computers

Volumn 45, Issue C, 1997, Pages 197-267

  Goel, Amrit L ^a   Yang, Kune Zang ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34047251087     PISSN: 00652458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60709-3     Document Type: Article

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