Software is rarely built completely from scratch. To a great extent, existing software
documents (source code, design documents, etc.) are copied and adapted to fit new …

The study of storage and retrieval methods of software assets in software libraries gives rise
to a number of paradoxes: While this subject has been under investigation for nearly two …

This article describes ROSA, a software reuse system based on the processing of the natural
language descriptions of software artifacts. Lexical, syntactic, and semantic analysis of …

In this paper we present a mechanism for making specification-based component retrieval
more efficient by limiting the amount of theorem proving required at query time. This is done …

可复用构件的表示和检索是构件库和软件复用研究的重点, 它伴随复用实践的深入和新技术的
出现而不断取得进展. 青鸟构件库系统以青鸟构件模型为基础, 采用以刻面分类为主 …

Echoing Louis Pasteur's quote, we submit the premise that it is advantageous to define
measures of distance between requirements specifications because such measures open …

Reuse is a sound and practical design technique in many engineering disciplines. Although
successful instances of software reuse are becoming more common, the cost of reuse tends …

This work describes the use of formal specifications to assist and automate a system design
process based on reusable components and architectures. Specifically, we focus on …

Use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products in software development can improve a
product's quality and reduce development time. However, it also can require a considerable …

Komponentensoftware zielt auf die'Konstruktion'von Software durch die kundenindividuelle
Komposition und Anpassung standardisierter Komponenten ab. Zu ihren charakteristischen …