Reliability prediction and sensitivity analysis based on software architecture

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 64-75

  Gokhale, Swapna S ^a   Trivedi, Kishor S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Computer architecture; Object oriented modeling; Power system reliability; Predictive models; Sensitivity analysis; Software architecture; Software reliability; Software systems; System testing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORECASTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

OBJECT ORIENTED MODEL; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM TESTING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84948755171     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2002.1173214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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