A Software Cost Model with Warranty and Risk Costs

  • Authors:
  • Hoang Pham;Xuemei Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ;Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In this paper, a cost model with warranty cost, time to remove each error detected in the software system, and risk cost due to software failure is developed. A software reliability model based on non-homogeneous Poisson process is used. The optimal release policies to minimize the expected total software cost are discussed. A software tool is also developed using Excel and Visual Basic to facilitate the task of determining the optimal software release time. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the results