In this paper we propose an analytical approach for estimating the reliability of a component-based software. This methodology assumes that the software components are heterogeneo...
Jung-Hua Lo, Sy-Yen Kuo, Michael R. Lyu, Chin-Yu H...
Commercial-off-the-shelf components (COTS) are widely reused at present and black-box composition is the unique way to integrate them into the target system. However, various mism...
—In a software project, outsourcing the development of a particular functionality, reusing a part in another software, or handing-over a part of the code to a new team member req...
Abstract—Open source software teams routinely develop complex software products in frequent-release settings with rather lightweight processes and project documentation. In this ...
Abstract. During an architectural evolution of a component-based software, certain quality attributes may be weakened. This is due to the lack of an explicit definition of the link...