Review on design reuse

To improve the design reuse level, the main design reuse theories and methods in domestic and overseas were summarized systematically. The existing problems of the research and the aspects should be strengthened in the future were pointed out. Five main research directions of design reuse were summed up and commented with the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each direction as well as their interrelationships. Eight typical realization methods of design reuse were summarized and commented. The problems in the existing research area of design reuse were indicated in four aspects which included research object, research content, research finding types and research method. Meanwhile, the possible future research direction and the aspects supposed to be strengthened were pointed out.