A consequence of the growing number of empirical studies in software engineering is the
need to adopt systematic approaches to assessing and aggregating research outcomes in …

CONTEXT: Open source software (OSS) is changing the way organizations develop,
acquire, use, and commercialize software. OBJECTIVE: This paper seeks to identify how …

Turning software into a service Page 1 0018-9162/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE 38 Computer
Turning Software into a Service In 1999, the Pennine Group—a consortium of software …

For the past 40 years, the techniques, processes and methods of software development
have been dominated by supply-side issues, giving rise to a software industry oriented …

Software reuse strategies and component markets Page 1 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM
August 2003/Vol. 46, No. 8 109 Software reuse, the use of software arti- facts across multiple …

Risks and challenges of component-based software development Page 1 COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE ACM August 2003/Vol. 46, No. 8 67 A component is generally defined as a piece of …

This paper classifies embedded software into four models according to hardware platform
and execution time. We propose an algorithm, CMPCH (Cost Minimization with Probability …

Component based software technologies are viewed as essential for creating the software
systems of the future. However, the use of externally-provided components has serious …

The paradigm shift to commercial off-the-shelf components appears inevitable, necessitating
drastic changes to current software development and business practices. Quality and risk …

COTS based development impacts several issues in software development. New techniques
have been proposed, or existing ones have been adapted. Several approaches have been …