An alternative reliability evaluation of non-homogeneous Poisson process models for software reliability

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 800-811

  Chang, Yi Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer software; Optimization; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650725725     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010336352     Document Type: Article

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