Early detection of COTS component functional suitability

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-121

  Cechich, Alejandra ^a   Piattini, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Component based system development; COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) components; COTS component selection; Quality attributes; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) COMPONENTS; COMPONENT BASED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; COTS COMPONENT SELECTION; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; SIX SIGMA;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751117242     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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