Optimizing version release dates of research and development long-term processes

Ran Etgar, Roy Gelbard and Yuval Cohen

European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, vol. 259, issue 2, 642-653

Abstract: This paper develops and compares several optimization approaches for the version planning and release problem. This problem is new, challenging for scholars and practitioners, and was not fully addressed in the OR literature. Version releases are part of a wide-spread phenomenon. Mobile phones, operating systems (e.g. MS-Windows) and digital printers are well known examples. However, version release can be found in many other product development fields, such as software products and games, and hardware versions (e.g. TV, screens, communication equipment etc.). In some fields (such as the automotive field) the version release is so well-established that it became an annual routine.

Keywords: Particle swarm; Genetic algorithm; Simulated annealing; Scheduling; Release (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.10.029

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