Risk-driven software testing and reliability

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-132

  Schneidewind, Norman F ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IEEE

^c US Senate ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer and producer risk and reliability; Risk driven reliability model; Sequential testing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-PRODUCER FRAMEWORK; MODEL RISK; SEQUENTIAL TESTING; SOFTWARE FAILURE; SOFTWARE RISK;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NASA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE SHUTTLES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 34249899954     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539307002532     Document Type: Article

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