Name
Abstract | ||
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Using existing components to construct software systems has significant potential to improving software productivity and quality. A key problem in software component reuse is the selection of appropriate components for satisfying a given requirement. In this paper, we define a component interface generality relation that provides a foundation for component selection. This generality relation, represented in terms of formal specifications, precisely captures the semantic obligations for an existing component to satisfy the requirements of a target system. The formal specifications facilitate the (semi-) automatic determination of the generality relation. We show how this generality relation has been used to determine the reusability of software components in a software architecture-based reuse and integration environment. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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1997 | 10.1109/TAI.1997.632242 | Newport Beach, CA |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
software systems,software productivity,software quality,integration environment,formal specifications,component reuse automation,semantic obligations,software architecture-based reuse,software reusability,formal specification,component interface generality relation | Software engineering,Reuse,Computer science,Computer network | Conference |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
21 | 2 | 1082-3409 |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
0-8186-8203-5 | 9 | 0.88 |
References | Authors | |
11 | 2 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonghao Chen | 1 | 34 | 2.69 |
| Betty H. C. Cheng | 2 | 3345 | 191.44 |