Optimal allocation of testing resource for a modular software

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-354

  Kapur, P K ^a   Jha, P C ^a   Bardhan, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Resource allocation problem; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

MODULE TESTING; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP); RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 4444265119     PISSN: 02175959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217595904000278     Document Type: Article

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