Complex COTS-based software systems: Practical steps for their maintenance

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 357-376

  Carney, David ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hissam, Scott A ^a,b,g,h,i,j   Plakosh, Daniel ^a,b,k  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Software Engineering Institute   (United States)

^c Air Force Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^e NATO Special Working Group on APSE   (United States)

^f Intermetrics Inc   (United States)

^g DoD Programs ^*

^h Natl Software Data Info Repository

ⁱ ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^j WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cofiguration management; COTS; Maintenance methods; Risk management; Safety critical systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMMERCIAL ON THE SHELF; CONFIGURATION METHOD; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0034313184     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-908x(200011/12)12:6<357::aid-smr219>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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