Comparing uniform and flexible policies for software maintenance and replacement

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-255

  Tan, Yong ^a   Mookerjee, Vijay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost models; Optimal scheduling; Software maintenance and replacement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST MODELS; OPTIMAL SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 21244451607     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.30     Document Type: Article

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