A Survey of Practical Software Adaptation Techniques

: Software adaptation techniques appear in many disparate areas of research literature, and under many guises. This paper enables a clear and uniform understanding of the related research, in three ways. Firstly, it surveys a broad range of relevant research, describing and contrasting the approaches of each using a uniform terminological and conceptual vocabulary. Secondly, it identifies and discusses three commonly advocated principles within this work: component models, first-class connection and loose coupling. Thirdly, it identifies and compares the various modularisation strategies employed by the surveyed work. Key Words: adaptation, coupling, reuse, communication, coordination, software composition, modularity, software architecture, software measurement Category: D.2.6, D.2.7, D.2.11, D.2.12, D.2.13

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: JUCS
• Authors: Stephen Kell
• Keywords: JUCS 2008, Research, Software Adaptation Techniques, Various Modularisation Strategies