Optimal release time for software systems considering cost, testing-effort, and test efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-591

  Huang, Chin Yu ^a   Lyu, Michael R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Non homogenous Poisson process; Optimal release time; Software cost model; Software reliability; Testing effort

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ECONOMICS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; SOFTWARE COST MODEL; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TESTING EFFORT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 29344475235     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2005.859230     Document Type: Article

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