Optimal times for software release when repair is imperfect

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1176-1184

  Boland, Philip J ^a   Ní Chuív, Nóra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth processes; Cost models; Imperfect repair; Optimal release time; Software reliability; Software testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249869852     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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