Phase-type software reliability model: parameter estimation algorithms with grouped data

DOI10.1007/s10479-015-1870-0zbMath1386.68035OpenAlexW1988756257MaRDI QIDQ331845

Hiroyuki Okamura, Tadashi Dohi

Publication date: 27 October 2016

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-015-1870-0

zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithmmaximum likelihood estimationphase-type distributiongrouped datasoftware reliabilitynon-homogeneous Poisson process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02) Reliability and life testing (62N05) Mathematical aspects of software engineering (specification, verification, metrics, requirements, etc.) (68N30)

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Uses Software

• EMpht

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