DESIGN, RETRIEVAL, AND ASSEMBLY in Component-based Software Development

摘要

Component-based software development (CBSD) offers an effective approach to constructing software products. Grounded in the concept of component fabrication and assembly, CBSD can help the software industry realize quality and productivity gains similar to those achieved in the hardware and manufacturing industries. As an increasing number of software projects miss schedules, exceed budgets, and deliver defective products, industry experts have turned to component-based solutions to overcome the current software crisis. The recent emergence of the Web services model for delivering component-based solutions over the Internet further underscores the importance of CBSD. Although several initiatives have been directed at gaining insight into CBSD, relatively few formal methods and techniques for component design and application assembly exist. In recognition of this gap, we have undertaken a coherent research program to address key issues related to component design, retrieval, and assembly. We believe more formal methodologies are needed to make the CBSD paradigm into an effective development tool. Here, we present a summary of our research work.