Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
Reusability assessment for software components
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Component adaptation process and adaptability viewpoints
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Integration of descriptors for software component retrieval
KSEM'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Knowledge science, engineering and management
A soft computing based approach to estimate reusability of software components
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
A soft computing based approach to estimate reusability of software components
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Software reusability assessment using soft computing techniques
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Integrated simulation environment for unmanned autonomous systems: towards a conceptual framework
Modelling and Simulation in Engineering
Quality aspects for component-based systems: A metrics based approach
Software—Practice & Experience
A mapping study to investigate component-based software system metrics
Journal of Systems and Software
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Summary form only given. Assessing the reusability, adaptability, compose-ability and flexibility of software components is more and more of a necessity due to the growing popularity of component based software development (CBSD). Even if there are some metrics defined for the reusability of object-oriented software (OOS), they cannot be used for CBSD because these metrics require analysis of source code. The aim of this paper is to study the adaptability and compose-ability of software components, both qualitatively and quantitatively. We propose metrics and a mathematical model for the above-mentioned characteristics of software components. The interface characterization is the starting point of our evaluation. The adaptability of a component is discussed in conjunction with the complexity of its interface. The compose-ability metric defined for database components is extended for general software components. We also propose a metric for the complexity and adaptability of the problem solved by a component, based on its use cases. The number of alternate flows from the use case narrative is considered as a measurement for the complexity of the problem solved by a component. This was our starting point in developing a set of metrics for evaluating components functionality-wise. The main advantage of defining these metrics is the possibility to measure adaptability, reusability and quality of software components, and therefore to identify the most effective reuse strategy.