Applying neural networks to software reliability assessment

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-329

  Schneidewind, Norman ^a  

^a Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

neural network; reliability prediction; Software reliability; software testing

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE FAILURE; METHOD OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NEURAL NETWORK METHOD; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; PREDICTION ERRORS; RELIABILITY METRICS; RELIABILITY PREDICTION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; TIME TO FAILURE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FORECASTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 78249289151     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539310003834     Document Type: Article

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