Optimal software development: A control theoretic approach

Information Systems Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-306

  Ji, Yonghua ^a   Mookerjee, Vijay S ^b   Sethi, Suresh P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent development and debugging; Optimal control theory; Optimal software development

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; COSTS; ERRORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPETITIVE FORCES; CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL-THEORETIC APPROACH; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OVERALL COSTS; SOFTWARE CONSTRUCTION; SYSTEM MODULES; TESTING AND DEBUGGING;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 25844460534     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1050.0059     Document Type: Review

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