Compound and Non Homogeneous Poisson Software Reliability Models

The efficiency of two Software Reliability growth models are analyzed. The most popular based on a non homogeneous Poisson pro- cess and the less known based on a compound Poisson process. Several experimental data are used in order to analyze the goodness of fit of both models. The importance of the estimation method for the parame- ters involved is also analyzed.

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