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From: edschulz@cbnewsj.att.com (edward.d.schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Prediction from Unit Testing
Summary: IEEE Software, May 1989
Message-ID: <1990Dec6.140439.24925@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 6 Dec 90 14:04:39 GMT
References: <SCHAEFER.90Dec5101829@chance.mitre.org> <VLADIMIR.90Dec5201616@prosper.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <VLADIMIR.90Dec5201616@prosper.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM>, vladimir@prosper.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) writes:
> I remember a short
> article in {Computer, IEEE Software} in the last few years which gave a
> formula for calculating the expected failures in the field given the number of
> hours of testing so far and the number of failures found.

Check out "Quantifying Software Validation: When to Stop Testing?," by John
D. Musa and A. Frank Ackerman, IEEE Software, May 1989, p. 19-27.
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