The COTS software obsolescence threat

Proceedings - Fifth International Conference on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Software Systems

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-133

  Merola, Leigh ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY PROGRAMS; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE OBSOLESCENCE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33749373822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCBSS.2006.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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