A knowledge-based COTS-aware requirements engineering approach
SEKE '02 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineering and knowledge engineering
Evaluating COTS Based Architectures
ICCBSS '03 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
Coordination in COTS-Based Development
ICCBSS '03 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
Guest Editorial: From intrusion detection to self-protection
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Compatibility and Regression Testing of COTS-Component-Based Software
ICSE '07 Proceedings of the 29th international conference on Software Engineering
A survey of component based system quality assurance and assessment
Information and Software Technology
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Maintaining large software systems based on Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components is a major cost driver for these systems. Maintenance includes activities from component replacement to trouble-shooting and configuration management. The maintenance costs for COTS based software systems can be reduced by building systems according to specific design criteria. This paper identifies the major activities of a system maintainer, describes the properties that can be designed into a system to facilitate these activities, and outlines a checklist of items that can be verified during a design or code review, or during the evaluation of a COTS components in order to guarantee these properties are built into the system. The verification is illustrated using a photo imaging system that is currently under development.