Making embedded software reuse practical and safe

Reuse of application software has been limited and sometimes has led to accidents. This paper suggests some requirements for successful and safe application software reuse and demonstrates them using a case study on a real spacecraft. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.3 [Computer Systems Organization]: Real-Time and Embedded Systems; D.2.1 [Software Engineering]: Requirements/Specifications; D.2.2 [Software Engineering]: Design Tools and Techniques--Software Libraries; D.2.13 [Software Engineering]: Reusable Software General Terms Documentation, Design Keywords Software reuse, Real-time and embedded software

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: SIGSOFT
• Authors: Nancy G. Leveson, Kathryn Anne Weiss
• Keywords: Application Software Reuse, Keywords Software Reuse, SIGSOFT 2004, Software Engineering