A component composition model providing dynamic, flexible, and hierarchical composition of components for supporting software evolution

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1797-1816

  Kim, In Gyu ^a   Bae, Doo Hwan ^a   Hong, Jang Eui ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Component composition model; Component reuse; Software composition technique; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

COMPONENT COMPOSITION MODELS; COMPONENT REUSE; SOFTWARE COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 34548642370     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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