A state space model for software reliability

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 789-799

  Chang, Yen Chang ^a   Leu, Lii Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; JM model; Linear exponential loss function; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 7844244657     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003721232207     Document Type: Article

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