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ECIS
2001
13 years 6 months ago
Avoiding Failure in SPI Initiation
Software Process Improvement (SPI) is a recognised systematic approach for improving the capability of software organisations. Such initiatives have met with a number of difficult...
Pouya Pourkomeylian
ASWEC
2001
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Process Improvement in Four Small Software Companies
For many small software companies, full-scale software process improvement (SPI) initiatives are often out of reach due to prohibitive costs and lack of SPI knowledge. However, to...
Aileen Cater-Steel
HICSS
2006
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
An Estimator of Propagation of Cascading Failure
— We suggest a statistical estimator to measure the extent to which failures propagate in cascading failures such as large blackouts. The estimator is tested on a saturating bran...
Ian Dobson, Kevin R. Wierzbicki, Benjamin A. Carre...
ESEM
2008
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Why do programmers avoid metrics?
Software process improvement initiatives such as metrics programs have a high failure rate during their assimilation in a software organization. Social and organizational issues a...
Medha Umarji, Carolyn B. Seaman
CLEIEJ
2010
13 years 2 months ago
Evaluation of a Fault-tolerant Model for Tactic Operations of Mobile Robotic Groups Using Genetic Algorithms
This paper addresses the evaluation of a fault-tolerant model for tactic operations of mobile robotic groups. The coordinated action of the group is planned with Genetic Algorithm...
Gustavo Pessin, Fernando Santos Osório