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Optimal software release policy based on a two-person game of timing

Part of:Computer system organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. Zeephongsekul and
C. Chiera
P. Zeephongsekul
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
C. Chiera*
Affiliation:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
*
∗ Postal address for both authors: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
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Abstract

This paper presents a software release policy based on a two-person game of timing. Existing release policies depend solely on cost factors and ignore the element of competition between rival producers, whereas in our policy both of these factors are taken into consideration. Through a series of preliminary results, it is shown that an optimal release policy exists as a Nash equilibrium point in the space of mixed strategies. We also present numerical examples of this optimal policy applied to software reliability growth models which are based on the non-homogeneous Poisson process.

Keywords

NASH EQUILIBRIUM POINTSOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELS

MSC classification

Secondary:68M15: Reliability, testing and fault tolerance

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , June 1995, pp. 470 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1995 

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