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28th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - Workshops and Fast Abstracts - (COMPSAC'04)
Linking Software Process Modeling with Markov Decision Theory
Hong Kong
September 28-September 30
ISBN: 0-7695-2209-2
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Frank Padberg, "Linking Software Process Modeling with Markov Decision Theory," Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International, vol. 2, pp. 152-155, 28th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - Workshops and Fast Abstracts - (COMPSAC'04), 2004.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/CMPSAC.2004.1342699,
author = {Frank Padberg},
title = {Linking Software Process Modeling with Markov Decision Theory},
journal ={Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International},
volume = {2},
year = {2004},
issn = {0730-3157},
pages = {152-155},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.2004.1342699},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Frank Padberg, Universität Karlsruhe

Scheduling is a notoriously difficult task for managers of software projects. The time needed to complete some development activity in a software project is hard to estimate; feedback between activities causes rework and delays.

In this paper, we present a dynamic software process model and its formalization as a discrete-time Markov decision process. The model focuses on capturing how the feedback between development activities affects the cost and schedule of a software project. The model explicitly represents scheduling actions, component coupling, and rework caused by design changes.

We use the MDP model to compute optimal strategies for several sample projects and analyze the resulting optimal strategies.

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Frank Padberg, "Linking Software Process Modeling with Markov Decision Theory," compsac, vol. 2, pp.152-155, 28th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - Workshops and Fast Abstracts - (COMPSAC'04), 2004
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