International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science (IJMECS)
IJMECS Vol. 6, No. 11, 8 Nov. 2014
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Resource Allocation Policies for Fault Detection and Removal Process
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Author(s)
Md. Nasar
1,*
Prashant Johri
1
Udayan Chanda
2
Index Terms
SRGM, Testing Effort Allocation, Correction-Removal Process, Optimal Control Theory, Genetic Algorithm.
Abstract
In software testing, fault detection and removal process is one of the key elements for quality assurance of the software. In the last three decades, several software reliability growth models were developed for detection and correction of faults. These models were developed under strictly static assumptions. The main goal of this article is to investigate an optimal resource allocation plan for fault detection and removal process of software to minimize cost during testing and operational phase under dynamic condition. For this we develop a mathematical model for fault detection and removal process and Pontryagain’s Maximum principle is applied for solving the model. Genetic algorithm is used to find the optimal allocation of fault detection and removal process. Numerical example is also solved for resource allocation for fault detection and remoal process.
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Md. Nasar, Prashant Johri, Udayan Chanda, "Resource Allocation Policies for Fault Detection and Removal Process", International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science (IJMECS), vol.6, no.11, pp.52-57, 2014. DOI:10.5815/ijmecs.2014.11.07
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