It moves through a variety of problems related to the evolving field of optimization of software reliability engineering, including software release time, resource allocating, budget planning and warranty models, which are each explored in depth in dedicated chapters.
Abhishek Tandon received his Ph.D. degree in Software Reliability and Marketing from the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi. He is currently working as Senior Assistant Professor in Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi. He has served as Deputy Director (Research) in the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Delhi, India. He has published papers in the field of reliability modelling, optimization theory, forecasting and marketing research. He was awarded the Meritorious Teacher Award by the Government of NCT of Delhi for the year 2016-17. He is Life Member of the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM).
Hoang Pham is Distinguished Professor and former Chairman (2007-2013) of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. He has served as Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Associate Editor and Board Member of many journals. He is Editor of Springer Book Series in Reliability Engineering and has served as Conference Chair and Programme Chair of over 40 international conferences and workshops. Dr. Pham is Author or Co-author of 7 books, has published over 200 journal articles and 100 conference papers, and edited 15 books including Springer Handbook in Engineering Statistics and Handbook in Reliability Engineering. Dr. Pham has delivered over 40 invited keynote and plenary speeches at many international conferences. His numerous awards include the 2009 IEEE Reliability Society Engineer of the Year Award. Dr. Pham is Fellow of the IEEE and IISE.