Estimating mixed software reliability models based on the EM algorithm

ISESE 2002 - Proceedings, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 69-78

  Okamura, H ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a   Dohi, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAULT DETECTION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EXPECTATION - MAXIMIZATIONS; HYPEREXPONENTIAL; MIXTURE MODEL; MODEL FRAMEWORK; PARAMETER ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; REAL SOFTWARES; SOFTWARE FAULT DETECTION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODELS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84964689265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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