Software reliability growth modelling for errors of different severity using change point

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-326

  Kapur, P K ^a   Kumar, Archana ^a   Yadav, Kalpana ^b   Khatri, Sunil K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Non Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP); Severity, change point; Software reliability; Software Reliability Growth Model (SRGM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CHANGE POINTS; NON HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP); SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODEL (SRGM);

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 34548410935     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539307002672     Document Type: Article

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