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A martingale approach to software reliability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

G. Koch  and
P. J. C. Spreij
G. Koch
Affiliation:
Istituto Matematico ‘G. Castelnuovo’, University of Rome
P. J. C. Spreij
Affiliation:
Twente University of Technology, Enschede
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Extract

Consider the following situation: a computer program which presumably contains a certain number of errors is tested over a given period of time, in order to infer some conclusions about its behaviour when used by future customers.

Type
Applied Probability in Biology and Engineering. An ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Meeting
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 12 - 13
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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