An architecture-based software reliability model

Proceedings - 1999 Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing, PRDC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 143-150

  Wang, Wen Li ^a   Wu, Ye ^a   Chen, Mei Hwa ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural style; Markov model; Reliability estimation; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ARCHITECTURE; FAULT TOLERANCE; MARKOV PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE; ARCHITECTURE-BASED SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURES; HETEROGENEOUS SOFTWARE; MARKOV MODEL; OPERATIONAL PROFILE; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; VIEW TRANSFORMATIONS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84989154769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PRDC.1999.816223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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