DocumentCode
1145969
Title
Pavlov´s Bugs: Matching Repair Policies with Rewards
Author
Laplante, Phillip A. ; Ahmad, Norita
Author_Institution
Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA, USA
Volume
11
Issue
4
fYear
2009
Firstpage
45
Lastpage
51
Abstract
Software maintenance engineers devote a significant amount of work to repairing user-identified errors. But user, maintainer, and manager perceptions of an error´s importance can vary, and bug-repair assignment policies can adversely affect those perceptions.
Keywords
program debugging; software maintenance; Pavlov´s bugs; bug-repair assignment policies; repair policies matching; rewards; software maintenance engineers; Computer bugs; Computer errors; Customer satisfaction; Design automation; Electronics industry; Error correction; Incentive schemes; Maintenance engineering; Software maintenance; Taxonomy; debugging policies; defect repair; error assignment;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2009.80
Filename
5173038
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