Software rejuvenation scheduling using accelerated life testing

ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Jin, Yuliang ^a   Trivedi, Kishor S ^b   Matias Jr , Rivalino ^c   Wang, Yanbin ^d  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated life tests; Memory leaks; Optimal software rejuvenation; Semi markov process; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTS; MEMORY LEAKS; SEMI MARKOV PROCESS; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE REJUVENATION;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84892614032     PISSN: 15504832     EISSN: 15504840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2539118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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