Bi-Criterion Problem to Determine Optimal Vulnerability Discovery and Patching Time

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Narang ◽  
P. K. Kapur ◽  
D. Damodaran ◽  
A. K. Shrivastava
Keyword(s):  
Software Security ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Security Breach ◽  
Software Vulnerabilities ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Software Firms ◽  
Vulnerability Discovery ◽  
Discovery Time

In the last decade, we have seen enormous growth in software security related problems. This is due to the presence of bad guys who keep eye on the software vulnerabilities and create the security breach. Because of which software firms face huge loss. The problems of the software firms is two folded. One is to decide the optimal discovery time of the software vulnerability and another one is to determine the optimal patching time of those discovered vulnerability. Optimal discovery time of vulnerability is necessary as not disclosing the vulnerability on time may cause serious loss in the coming future. On the other hand, after discovering the vulnerabilities, it is more important to fix them too. Fixing of vulnerabilities is done by patching. But when to patch the vulnerabilities is also a great concern for the software firms. As delay in patch may cause more breaches in security and disadoption of the software and early patching early may reduce the risk but bad patching may increase the risk of security breach even after remedial patch release. In the current work, we have proposed a bi-criterion framework to minimizing cost and risk together under risk and budgetary constraints to determine the optimal vulnerability discovery and patching time. The proposed model is validated using real life data set.

PROFIT ESTIMATION FOR A PRODUCT UNDER WARRANTY: AN EVALUATION BASED ON CUSTOMER'S EXPECTATION AND SATISFACTION

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (06) ◽  
pp. 1450029 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. KAPUR ◽  
ADARSH ANAND ◽  
NITIN SACHDEVA
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Inventory Cost ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Customer Complaints ◽  
Customer Expectation ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Warranty Claims

Performance of a product not as expected by the customer brings warranty expenditure into the picture. In other words, the deviation of the product performance (PP) from the customer expectation (CE) is the reason for customer complaints and warranty expenses. When this conflicting scenario occurs in market, warranty comes into existence and fulfilling warranty claims of customers adds to product's overall cost. In this paper, based on the difference between PP and CE about the product we estimate profit for the firm. Furthermore, factors like fixed cost, production cost and inventory cost have also been considered in framing the optimization problem. In the proposed model, a two-dimensional innovation diffusion model (TD-IDM) which combines the adoption time of technological diffusion and price of the product has been used. Classical Cobb–Douglas function that takes into account the technological adoptions and other dimensions explicitly has been used to structure the production function. The proposed model has been validated on real life data set.

scholarly journals A New Generalized Transmuted Inverse Exponential Distribution: Properties and Application

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Uchenna U. Uwadi ◽  
Elebe E. Nwaezza
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Quantile Function ◽  
Moment Generating Function ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimates ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Inverse Exponential Distribution ◽  
The Moment

In this study, we proposed a new generalised transmuted inverse exponential distribution with three parameters and have transmuted inverse exponential and inverse exponential distributions as sub models. The hazard function of the distribution is nonmonotonic, unimodal and inverted bathtub shaped making it suitable for modelling lifetime data. We derived the moment, moment generating function, quantile function, maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters, Renyi entropy and order statistics of the distribution. A real life data set is used to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed model.     

scholarly journals Transmuted Alpha Power Inverse Rayleigh Distribution: Properties and Application

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
A. S. Malik ◽  
S. P. Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Rayleigh Distribution ◽  
Parameter Distribution ◽  
Alpha Power ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Life Data ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model

This paper proposes a new three parameter-distribution through the technique known as Transmutation. The proposed distribution is named Transmuted Alpha power inverse Rayleigh Distribution. Several important properties of the distribution are derived. The parameter estimation is also carried out. Two real life data set are used at the end to describe the potential application of proposed model.

scholarly journals Exponentiated Exponential-Exponentiated Weibull Linear Mixed Distribution: Properties and Applications

2020 ◽  
pp. 517-527
Author(s):  
Salman Abbas ◽  
Muhammad Mohsin ◽  
Saman Hanif Shahbaz ◽  
Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Moment Generating Function ◽  
Estimation Of Parameters ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Method Of Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Exponentiated Weibull ◽  
Rate Functions ◽  
Coefficient Of Skewness

In this article we have discussed linear mixing of two exponentiated distribution. The proposed model is named as exponentiated exponential-exponentiated Weibull (EE-EW) distribution. The proposed distribution generalize several existing distributions. We study several characteristics of the proposed distribution including moment, moment generating function, reliability and hazard rate functions. An empirical study is presented for mean, variance, coefficient of skewness, and coefficient of kurtosis. The method of maximum likelihood is used for the estimation of parameters. For the illustration purpose, we have use two real-life data set for application. The results justify the capability of the new model.

scholarly journals Marshall-Olkin Power Lomax Distribution: Properties and Estimation Based on Complete and Censored Samples

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan Ul Haq ◽  
G. G. Hamedani ◽  
M. Elgarhy ◽  
Pedro Luiz Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Moment Generating Function ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation Study ◽  
Lomax Distribution ◽  
Censored Samples ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model

We study a new distribution called the Marshall-Olkin Power Lomax distribution. A comprehensive account of its mathematical properties including explicit expressions for the ordinary moments, moment generating function, order statistics, Renyi entropy, and probability weighted moments are derived. The model parameters are estimated by the method of maximum likelihood. Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to estimate the parameters and the performance of the estimates is judged via the average biases and mean squared error values. The usefulness of the proposed model is illustrated via real-life data set.

scholarly journals Calibration-Based Estimators using Different Distance Measures under Two Auxiliary Variables: A Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20
Author(s):  
Piyush Kant Rai ◽  
Alka Singh ◽  
Muhammad Qasim
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Distance Functions ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Auxiliary Variables ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Life Data ◽  
Squared Error ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Relative Root

This article introduces calibration estimators under different distance measures based on two auxiliary variables in stratified sampling. The theory of the calibration estimator is presented. The calibrated weights based on different distance functions are also derived. A simulation study has been carried out to judge the performance of the proposed estimators based on the minimum relative root mean squared error criterion. A real-life data set is also used to confirm the supremacy of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Monitoring Robust Estimates for Compositional Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-37
Author(s):  
Valentin Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Compositional Data ◽  
Real Life ◽  
R Package ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mahalanobis Distances ◽  
Robust Estimates ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Manufactured Exports ◽  
Parameter Values

In a number of recent articles Riani, Cerioli, Atkinson and others advocate the technique of monitoring robust estimates computed over a range of key parameter values. Through this approach the diagnostic tools of choice can be tuned in such a way that highly robust estimators which are as efficient as possible are obtained. This approach is applicable to various robust multivariate estimates like S- and MM-estimates, MVE and MCD as well as to the Forward Search in whichmonitoring is part of the robust method. Key tool for detection of multivariate outliers and for monitoring of robust estimates is the Mahalanobis distances and statistics related to these distances. However, the results obtained with thistool in case of compositional data might be unrealistic since compositional data contain relative rather than absolute information and need to be transformed to the usual Euclidean geometry before the standard statistical tools can be applied. Various data transformations of compositional data have been introduced in the literature and theoretical results on the equivalence of the additive, the centered, and the isometric logratio transformation in the context of outlier identification exist. To illustrate the problem of monitoring compositional data and to demonstrate the usefulness of monitoring in this case we start with a simple example and then analyze a real life data set presenting the technologicalstructure of manufactured exports. The analysis is conducted with the R package fsdaR, which makes the analytical and graphical tools provided in the MATLAB FSDA library available for R users.

Dynamic testing resource allocation modeling for multi-release software using optimal control theory and genetic algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 1049-1069
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Ramita Sahni
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Optimal Control ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Numerical Illustration ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Software Firms

PurposeThe use of software is overpowering our modern society. Advancement in technology is directly proportional to an increase in user demand which further leads to an increase in the burden on software firms to develop high-quality and reliable software. To meet the demands, software firms need to upgrade existing versions. The upgrade process of software may lead to additional faults in successive versions of the software. The faults that remain undetected in the previous version are passed on to the new release. As this process is complicated and time-consuming, it is important for firms to allocate resources optimally during the testing phase of software development life cycle (SDLC). Resource allocation task becomes more challenging when the testing is carried out in a dynamic nature.Design/methodology/approachThe model presented in this paper explains the methodology to estimate the testing efforts in a dynamic environment with the assumption that debugging cost corresponding to each release follows learning curve phenomenon. We have used optimal control theoretic approach to find the optimal policies and genetic algorithm to estimate the testing effort. Further, numerical illustration has been given to validate the applicability of the proposed model using a real-life software failure data set.FindingsThe paper yields several substantive insights for software managers. The study shows that estimated testing efforts as well as the faults detected for both the releases are closer to the real data set.Originality /valueWe have proposed a dynamic resource allocation model for multirelease of software with the objective to minimize the total testing cost using the flexible software reliability growth model (SRGM).

A new generalized version of Log-logistic distribution with applications in medical sciences and other applied fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (05) ◽  
pp. 1850043
Author(s):  
Bilal Ahmad Para ◽  
Tariq Rashid Jan
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Logistic Distribution ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Real Life Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Asymptotic Confidence Intervals ◽  
Mc Simulation ◽  
Robust Measures ◽  
Applied Fields

In this paper, we studied a two-parameter transmuted model of Log-logistic distribution (LLD) using the quadratic rank transmutation map technique studied by Shaw and Buckley1 as a new survival model in medical sciences and other applied fields. Statistical properties of Transmuted LLD (TLLD) are discussed comprehensively. Robust measures of skewness and kurtosis of the proposed model have also been discussed along with graphical overview. The estimation of the model parameters is performed by Maximum Likelihood (ML) method followed by a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation procedure to investigate the performance of the ML estimators and the asymptotic confidence intervals of the parameters. Applications of the proposed model to real-life data are also presented.

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