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A software cost model with imperfect debugging, random life cycle and penalty cost

HOANG PHAM Department of Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, NJ, 08855, U.S.A. E-mail: e-mail: [email protected]
Pages 455-463 | Received 26 May 1995, Accepted 25 Aug 1995, Published online: 16 May 2007

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