A software cost model with warranty and risk costs

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Pham, Hoang ^a,b   Zhang, Xuemei ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Optimum software release time; Risk cost; Software cost model; Software reliability; Software testing; Warranty cost

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

OPTIMUM SOFTWARE RELEASE TIMES; SOFTWARE COST MODELS; WARRANTY COSTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032737706     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.743412     Document Type: Article

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