Reusable Software.

Abstract

The issues involved in reusing software are examined both in a general context and in the context of a research environment. In the general context, the characteristics of reusable software are discussed and the views of both the potential developer and those seeking to reuse existing software are considered. An assessment of resuable software is carried out using the concept of the life cycle model, the economic aspects being based on the COCOMO parametric software cast model. General recommendations for improving the portability situation are made for those involved in procuring, developing, and researching software. (Great Britain)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA168086

Entities

People

  • L. N. Simcox
  • R. G. Ball

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • High Level Languages
  • Money
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Reliability
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Software Engineering.