Variational Bayesian approach for interval estimation of NHPP-based software reliability models

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 698-707

  Okamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Grottke, Michael ^b   Dohi, Tadashi ^a   Trivedi, Kishor S ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval estimation; Non homogeneous Poisson process; Software reliability; Variational Bayes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DATA ACQUISITION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

INTERVAL ESTIMATION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO (MCMC); NON HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP); VARIATIONAL BAYESIAN APPROACH;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 36048983203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2007.101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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