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Computational Intelligence Methods in Software Reliability Prediction

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Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering

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  1. Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, USA

    Liang Tian

  2. Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, USA

    Afzel Noore

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    Gregory Levitin

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Tian, L., Noore, A. (2007). Computational Intelligence Methods in Software Reliability Prediction. In: Levitin, G. (eds) Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37368-1_12

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