Reliability analysis and optimal version-updating for open source software

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 929-936

  Li, Xiang ^a   Li, Yan Fu ^b   Xie, Min ^a   Ng, Szu Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Multi attribute utility theory; Open source software; Optimal version update time; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MODELS; DECISION PROCESS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FAILURE PROCESS; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS MODELS; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPTIMAL VERSION-UPDATE TIME; RAPID RELEASE; REAL WORLD DATA; RELIABILITY MODELING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODELS; SPECIAL PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; MODELS; OPEN SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 79958230310     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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