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Software Release Time Decision Problems

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Reliability, scheduled delivery and cost are the three main quality attributes for almost all software. The primary objective of the software developer’s to attain them at their best values, then only they can obtain long-term profits and make a brand image in the market for longer survival. The importance of reliability objective has escalated many folds as it is a user-oriented measure of quality.

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  1. Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India

    Prof. P. K. Kapur (Faculty of Mathematical Sciences), Dr. A. Gupta (Faculty of Mathematical Sciences) & Dr. P. C. Jha (Faculty of Mathematical Sciences)

  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, Frelinghuysen Road 96, Piscataway, NJ, 08854-8018, USA

    Prof. H. Pham

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Kapur, P.K., Pham, H., Gupta, A., Jha, P.C. (2011). Software Release Time Decision Problems. In: Software Reliability Assessment with OR Applications. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-204-9_10

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