Title :
The estimation of parameters of the hypergeometric distribution and its application to the software reliability growth model
Author :
Tohma, Yoshihiro ; Yamano, Hisashi ; Ohba, Morio ; Jacoby, Raymond
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
fDate :
5/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Six ways to estimate parameters of the hypergeometric distribution are investigated, and their accuracies are examined comparatively. It is demonstrated that the least-squares sum method is the best one among those tried, and can be applied to real test/debug data for estimating the number of faults still resident in a program after test/debugging. By this method the estimation time can be reduced greatly
Keywords :
least squares approximations; parameter estimation; program debugging; program testing; software reliability; hypergeometric distribution; least-squares sum method; parameter estimation; program debugging; program fault estimation; program testing; software reliability growth model; Application software; Computer science; Computer science education; Costs; Jacobian matrices; Parameter estimation; Programming profession; Software debugging; Software reliability; Software testing;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
