A software cost model with warranty cost, error removal times and risk costs

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1135-1142

  Zhang, Xuemei ^a   Pham, Hoang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; ERROR CORRECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT LIABILITY; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; RELIABILITY; RISKS;

ERROR REMOVAL TIMES; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; RISK COST; SOFTWARE COST MODEL; WARRANTY COST;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032258052     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966570     Document Type: Article

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