NHPP models with Markov switching for software reliability

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3988-3999

  Ravishanker, Nalini ^a   Liu, Zhaohui ^b   Ray, Bonnie K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SWITCHING;

MARKOV SWITCHING PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE MODEL; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP);

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 41249087429     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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