Optimal component selection based on cohesion & coupling for component based software system under build-or-buy scheme

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-242

  Jha, P C ^a   Bali, Vikram ^b   Narula, Sonam ^a   Kalra, Mala ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS TRAINING AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Build or buy; Cohesion; Components; Coupling; Fuzzy; Software

Indexed keywords

BICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; BUILD-OR-BUY; COHESION; COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE CONSTRUCTIONS; COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; COMPONENTS; FUZZY; INTERACTION OF COMPONENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COUPLINGS;

ADHESION;

EID: 84897629546     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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