Variational Bayesian approach for exponential software reliability model

Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 82-87

  Okamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakoh, Tetsuya ^a   Dohi, Tadashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exponential model; NonHomogeneous Poisson process; Parameter estimation; Software reliability; Variational Bayesian approach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EXPONENTIAL MODELS; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; VARIATIONAL BAYESIAN APPROACH;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 36048965133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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