Optimal testing resource allocation during module testing considering cost, testing effort and reliability

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1122-1130

  Jha, P C ^a   Gupta, Deepali ^b   Yang, Bo ^c   Kapur, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Modular software; Optimal allocation; Sensitivity analysis; Software reliability growth models; Testing resource

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; FAILURE PATTERNS; FAULT REMOVAL; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; MODULAR SOFTWARE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; S-SHAPED; SEQUENTIAL ALGORITHM; SOFTWARE MODULES; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELS; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; TESTING EFFORT; TESTING PHASE; TESTING PROCESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 69649102469     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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