IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
RELIABILITY
IEEE RELIABILITYpublishedSOCIETYby theand journal of the
ASQ- ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS Division
JUNE 2007 VOLUME 56 2 IEROAD (ISSN 0018-9529)
EDITORIAL
Editorial: How Reliable Is Teaching Evaluation? The Relationship of Class Size to Teaching Evaluation Scores...
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PAPERS
Nanotechnologies
A Cache Architecture for Extremely Unreliable Nanotechnologies .. ...
G. R. Roelke, R. O. Baldwin, B. E. Mullins, and Y. C. Kim Software Reliability
An Assessment of Testing-Effort Dependent Software Reliability Growth Models ,.,...
"""""""""""""""" ,." , C.-Y. Huang, S.-Y. Kuo, andM. R. Lyu Count Models for Software Quality Estimation. . . . .,.. ~. . . .. . . .. T M. Khoshgoftaar and K. Gao A Comprehensive Empirical Study of Count Models for Software Fault Prediction. K. Gao and T. M. Khoshgoftaar A Multi-Objective Software Quality Classification Model Using Genetic Programming ...
, , T. M. Khoshgoftaarand Y. Liu
Failure Size Proportional Models and an Analysis of Failure Detection Abilities of Software Testing Strategies. . . . . B. Zachariah andR. N. Rattihalli Network Reliability
A Scalable Path Protection Mechanism for Guaranteed Network Reliability U nder Multiple Failures . . . .. . . .. . . .
, ".., , ' : C. Huang, M. Li, andA. Srinivasan
Generalized Access Structure Congestion System .. ... ... L. Bai
Network Reliability Optimization via the Cross-Entropy Method D. P. Kroese, K.-P. Hui, and S. Nariai Efficient and Exact Reliability Evaluation for Networks With Imperfect VertiGes S.-Y.Kuo, F -M. Yeh, and H.-Y. Lin
Reliability Distributions and Statistics
Testing Exponentiality Based on Kullback-Leibler Information With Progressively Type-II Censored Data...
, N. Balakrishnan, A. H. Rad, andN. R. Arghami
A Lifetime Distribution With an Upside-Down Bathtub-Shaped Hazard Function ...
T Dimitrakopoulou, K. Adamidis, andS. Loukas Estimators for Reliability Measures in Geometrie Distribution Model Using Dependent MaskedSystem Life Test Data..
" A. M. Sarhan, FM. Guess, andJ. S. Usher Sequential Testing for Comparison of the Mean Time Between Failures for Two Systems.. . ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .
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Maintenance
A Computational Model for Detennining the Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policy With Random Breakdowns and
Imperfect Repairs A. H. Shirmohammadi, Z. G. Zhang, and E. Love
Reliability Analysis on the a-Shock Model of Complex Systems.. .. ... . .. . .. .. ... ... .. . .. . .. . .. Z. Li and P. Zhao Accelerated Testing
Identifying Mechanisms That Highly Accelerated Tests Miss M. J LuValle
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COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
Corrections on "Pailure Transition Distance-Based Importance Sampling Schemes for the Simulation of Repairable
Pault-TolerantComputerSystems" J.A. Carrasco
Erratum , M. Kaminskiy, V.Krivtsov, andS. Nadarajah
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FEATURES
Infonnation for Readers and Authors""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ...
Reliability Society to Offer Scholarships """"""" ,...
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