N-version programming with imperfect debugging

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-463

  Chatterjee, S ^a   Misra, R B ^b   Alam, S S ^b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

HARDWARE RELIABILITY; LOGICAL ERRORS; MEAN VALUE FUNCTIONS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 7544240621     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7906(04)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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