A study of the modeling and analysis of software fault-detection and fault-correction processes

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-470

  Xie, M ^a   Hu, Q P ^a   Wu, Y P ^a   Ng, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fault correction process; Fault detection process; Software release time; Software reliability; Software reliability growth model

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; FAULT DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FAULT-CORRECTION PROCESS; FAULT-DETECTION PROCESS; SOFTWARE RELEASE TIME; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODEL;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 34250684955     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.827     Document Type: Article

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