In distributed and mobile environments, the connections among the hosts on which a software system is running are often unstable. As a result of connectivity losses, the overall av...
As more and more open-source software components become available on the internet we need automatic ways to label and compare them. For example, a developer who searches for reusa...
The JavaPorts system is an environment that facilitates the rapid development of modular, reusable, Java-based parallel and distributed applications for networked machines with het...
In component-based software engineering, software systems are built by assembling prefabricated reusable components. The compatibility between the assembled components is crucial. ...
Two or more components (e.g., objects, modules, or programs) interoperate when they exchange data, such as XML data. Using Application Programming Interface (API) calls exported b...