Proactive management of software aging

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-332

  Castelli, V ^a   Harper, R E ^a   Heidelberger, P ^a   Hunter, S W ^a   Trivedi, K S ^a   Vaidyanathan, K ^a   Zeggert, W P ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AVAILABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE AGING; SOFTWARE REJUVENATION; STOCHASTIC REWARD NETS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035266102     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.452.0311     Document Type: Article

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