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Engineering software reuse for on‐board embedded real‐time systems
Author(s) -
Vardanega Tullio,
Caspersen Gert
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.436
Subject(s) - domain engineering , reuse , feature oriented domain analysis , computer science , software engineering , scalability , predictability , domain analysis , software , domain (mathematical analysis) , software architecture , set (abstract data type) , maximization , systems engineering , component based software engineering , software development , software construction , engineering , database , operating system , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , waste management , microeconomics , economics , programming language
The dimensions of concern to ambitious reuse initiatives largely exceed the provision of desired functionalities. A domain‐specific blend of functional, technical and quality considerations determines the reuse potential of software reuse assets. In a recent project we realized considerable reuse dividends from coupling the definition of a reference software architecture and of an associated set of standard interfaces with the selection of a powerful computational model equipped with reuse‐geared enabling technology. In this paper we present our engineering approach to the project and show how it earned us a good balance between the preservation of predictability and scalability and the maximization of the reuse objective. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.