Retrieving software components that minimize adaptation effort

Lamia Labed Jilani; Jules Desharnais; Marc Frappier; Rym Mili; Ali Mili

Retrieving software components that minimize adaptation effort

Lamia Labed Jilani, Jules Desharnais, Marc Frappier, Rym Mili, Ali Mili

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Given a software library whose entries are represented by formal specifications, we distinguish between two retrieval procedures: exact retrieval, whereby, given a query K, we identify all the library components that are correct with respect to K; approximate retrieval, which is invoked when exact retrieval fails, and identifies the library components that minimize adaptation effort. To this effect, we define four measures of functional distance between specifications, and discuss algorithms that minimize these measures over a set of components; then we discuss whether these measures can be used to predict adaptation effort.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	255-262
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 12th IEEE International Automated Software Engineering Conference, ASE - Incline Village, NV, USA Duration: Nov 3 1997 → Nov 5 1997

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Other	Proceedings of the 1997 12th IEEE International Automated Software Engineering Conference, ASE
City	Incline Village, NV, USA
Period	11/3/97 → 11/5/97

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General Computer Science
General Engineering

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Retrieving software components that minimize adaptation effort

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