Optimal policies under risk for changing software systems based on customer satisfaction

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 175-194

  Sahin, Izzet ^a   Zahedi, Fatemeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATE SPACE METHODS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; WARRANTY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033901289     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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