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A Component Selection Framework for COTS Libraries

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Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE 2008)

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Component-based software engineering proposes building complex applications from COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) organized into component markets. Therefore, the main development effort is required in selection of the components that fit the specific needs of an application. In this article, we propose a mechanism allowing the automatic selection of a component among a set of candidate COTS, according to functional and non-functional properties. This mechanism has been validated on an example using the ComponentSource component market.

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  1. VALORIA Laboratory, University of South Brittany, 56017, Vannes, France

    Bart George, Régis Fleurquin & Salah Sadou

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  1. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Michel R. V. Chaudron

  2. Microsoft, USA

    Clemens Szyperski

  3. Chair for Software Design and Quality, University of Karlsruhe (TH),, Am Fasanengarten 5, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Ralf Reussner

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George, B., Fleurquin, R., Sadou, S. (2008). A Component Selection Framework for COTS Libraries. In: Chaudron, M.R.V., Szyperski, C., Reussner, R. (eds) Component-Based Software Engineering. CBSE 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87891-9_19

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