Component-based software development would allow application software be largely constructed, rather than programmed. This approach would dramatically improve the productivity of ...
Software that cannot evolve is condemned to atrophy: it cannot accommodate the constant revision and renegotiation of its business goals nor intercept the potential of new technol...
Ronald Morrison, Graham N. C. Kirby, Dharini Balas...
Abstract. We present an approach for enhancing dependability of component-based software. Functionality related to security, safety and reliability is encapsulated in specific com...
Component-oriented development of software supports the adaptability and maintainability of large systems, in particular if requirements change over time and parts of a system hav...
Assessing reliability at early stages of software development, such as at the level of software architecture, is desirable and can provide a cost-effective way of improving a soft...