Investigating test-and-fix processes of incremental development using hybrid process simulation
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He Zhang, Ross Jeffery, Liming ZhuAuthors Info & Claims
He Zhang, Ross Jeffery, Liming ZhuAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 23 - 28
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Software process modeling has become an essential technique for managing, investigating and improving software development processes. In this area, hybrid process simulation modeling attracts an increasing research attention. This paper presents a new hybrid software process model to investigate the test-and-fix process of incremental development. Its novelty comes from its flexible model structure that focuses on the particular portion of software process by using different modeling techniques on separate but interconnected phases in incremental development. Simulation results conclude that this model can support the investigation of portions of incremental development life cycle at different granularity levels simultaneously. It also allows the tradeoff analysis and optimization of test-and-fix process, while avoids the limitation caused by incomplete process detail of other phases.
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