ECONOMICS OF REUSE - ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES

被引:17
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作者
BOLLINGER, TB
PFLEEGER, SL
机构
[1] Contel Technology Center, Chantilly, VA 22021-3808
关键词
cost estimation; cost-estimation model; software economics; software reuse;
D O I
10.1016/0950-5849(90)90097-B
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
A major reason for increasing the level of reuse in the software development process is to lower costs. By replacing expensive development activities with the adoption of relatively inexpensive reused parts, software reuse has significant potential as a technique for cutting costs and helping to free developers for work on the more complex or novel components of a software system. Unfortunately, the level of reuse currently in place in the software industry is limited by an inability to predict how and where resources should be invested. The paper describes a software costestimation model developed specifically to deal with decisions about software reuse. © 1990.
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页码:643 / 652
页数:10
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