Estimation in a Marked Poisson Error Recapture Model of Software Reliability

<p>Nayak's (1988) model for the detection, removal, and recapture of the errors in a computer program is extended to a larger family of models in which the probabilities that the successive programs produce errors are described by the tail probabilities of discrete distribution on the positive integers. Confidence limits are derived for the probability that the final program produces errors. A comparison of the asymptotic variances of parameter estimates given by the error recapture and by the repetitive-run procedure of Nagel, Scholz, and Skrivan (1982) is made to determine which of these procedures efficiently uses the test time.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mathematics & Statistics

Year dc:date.available

1991

Author dc:creator

• Gupta, Rajan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Larry D. Lee
• Edward Markowski
• Ram C. Dahiya
• John P. Morgan

• Nayak's model
• Software reliability
• Estimation
• Poisson error
• Applied Statistics
• Computer Sciences
• Mathematics
• Probability

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https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mathstat_etds/84

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oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:mathstat_etds-1086