Proportional intensity-based software reliability modeling with time-dependent metrics

Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 369-376

  Rinsaka, Koichiro ^a   Shibata, Kazuya ^a   Dohi, Tadashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

BLACK-BOX APPROACH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; PROPORTIONAL INTENSITY; STOCHASTIC SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247529978     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2006.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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