Conceptual Model for Integration of COTS Components
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Several aspects of Commercial Off-The-Self (COTS) component integration are being discussed in the literature as challenges to utilizing COTS components in software development. Among these issues are interface matching, inter-component communications, functional matching, and integration testing. This paper highlights potential problems and risks associated with integrating COTS components, evaluates and compares selected integration tools and consulting services, presents an approach to COTS integration to over come some potential problems, and outlines a conceptual integration model for COTS components.
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