Metrics-based framework for decision making in COTS-based software systems

Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 243-244

  Sedigh Ali, S ^a   Ghafoor, A ^a   Paul, R A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Business; Decision making; Large scale systems; Programming; Risk management; Software metrics; Software quality; Software systems; Testing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INDUSTRY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; SOFTWARE TESTING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TESTING;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; COTS-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES; PERFORMANCE CONSTRAINTS; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 21244446365     PISSN: 15302059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HASE.2002.1173130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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