We address the problem of component reuse by describing a quotient operation. Starting from the specifications of the behaviors of the component and of the desired overall system,...
Software component reuse is the software engineering practice of developing new software products from existing components. A reuse library or component reuse repository organizes...
Interface theories have been proposed to support incremental design and independent implementability. Incremental design means that the compatibility checking of interfaces can pr...
Laurent Doyen, Thomas A. Henzinger, Barbara Jobstm...
Building software systems with reusable components brings many advantages. The development becomes more efficient, the reliability of the products is enhanced, and the maintenance...
Abstract -- Software architectures enable large-scale software development. Component reuse and substitutability, two key aspects of large-scale development, must be planned for du...
Nenad Medvidovic, Peyman Oreizy, Jason E. Robbins,...
Component-based technology is increasingly adopted to speed up the development of complex software through component reuse. Unfortunately, the lack of complete information about r...