In component based software engineering, an application is build by composing trusted and reusable units of execution, the components. A composition is formed by connecting the com...
Component interoperability has become an important concern as companies migrate legacy systems, integrate COTS products, and assemble modules from disparate sources into a single ...
The integration of distributed, data dependent components requires a data synchronisation model. We consider a class of systems where data-dependent components produce data in dis...
Large, complex and long-lived software need to be upgraded at runtime. Addition, removal and replacement of a software component are the elementary evolution operations that have ...
There is a conceptual gap between the way we currently articulate requirements and the reuse-driven paradigm embodied in component-based system development. The principal challenge...