Metrics-based software reliability models using non-homogeneous poisson processes

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 52-61

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

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; FAULT DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BERNOULLI TRIAL PROCESS; HAZARD MODELS; INFORMATION CRITERIA; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 34547668728     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2006.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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