Towards efficient software component evaluation: An examination of component selection and certification

EUROMICRO 2008 - Proceedings of the 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 274-281

  Land, Rikard ^a   Alvaro, Alexandre ^b   Crnkovic, Ivica ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CERTIFICATION PROCESS; COMPONENT CERTIFICATIONS; COMPONENT SELECTIONS; COMPONENT-BASED; CONCRETE QUALITIES; COTS-BASED DEVELOPMENT; IN PROCESS; SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STATE OF PRACTICES; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 60349099872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEAA.2008.76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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