Sequential Bayesian technique: an alternative approach for software reliability estimation. (English) Zbl 1192.68151
Summary: This paper proposes a sequential Bayesian approach similar to Kalman filter for estimating reliability growth or decay of software. The main advantage of proposed method is that it shows the variation of the parameter over a time, as new failure data become available. The usefulness of the method is demonstrated with some real life data.
MSC:
| 68N99 | Theory of software |
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