Commercial-Off-The-Shelf-Software-Component (COTSSC)-Based Software Development (CBSD) has the potential to reduce time and resources required to develop software. However, in order to realize the benefits, which COTSSC bring to software development, it is imperative that the “right” COTSSC products are selected for projects, because selecting inappropriate COTSSC products may result in increas...

With the progress in technology and innovation in product development, the contribution of computeraided design (CAD) software in the design and manufacture of parts/products is growing on significantly. Selection of an appropriate CAD software is not a trifling task as it involves analyzing the appositeness of the available software packages to the unique requirements of the organization. Exis...

Regression testing is an important but expensive software maintenance activity performed with the aim of providing confidence in modified software. Regression test selection techniques reduce the cost of regression testing by selecting test cases for a modified program from a previously existing test suite. Many researchers have addressed the regression test selection problem for procedural lan...

Software product line (SPL) engineering is a software engineering approach to building configurable software systems. SPLs commonly use a feature model to capture and document the commonalities and variabilities of the underlying software system. A key challenge when using a feature model to derive a new SPL configuration is determining how to find an optimized feature selection that minimizes ...

European tendering legislation aims to enhance competitiveness by promoting equality, proportionality, transparency and non-discrimination. This legislation applies to the purchase of software packages by large public institutions. This study aims to clarify how this tendering legislation shapes software selection processes. By examining the selection of a strategically important software packa...

Genetic algorithms have been successfully applied in the area of software testing. The demand for automation of test case generation in object oriented software testing is increasing. Genetic algorithms are well applied in procedural software testing but a little has been done in testing of object oriented software. This paper discusses genetic algorithms that can automatically select an effici...

Component Based Software Engineering(CBSE) relies on the premise of reuse and aims to develop systems by selecting appropriate off the shelf software components and integrating them in order to achieve its desired task. Usage of COTS component ensures faster time-to-market. At the same time, component-based software introduces risks like unknown quality properties of the components in use, that...

Software Architecture Style is a proven reusable solution for known problems that in order to save huge cost and reduce risks. Software development can benefit from correct architecture style. Thus, architecture style selection is important when design software system. In this research, the authors devote to create a selection method for people who lack expertise and experience to select approp...

COTS-Based Systems (CBS) development focuses on building large software systems by integrating previously existing software components. CBS success depends on successful evaluation and selection of Commercial-Off-TheShelf (COTS) software components to fit customer requirements. Literature shows that successful selection of offthe-shelf systems to fit customer requirements remains problematic. T...

Software maintenance is one of the essential processes of Software-Development Life Cycle. The main philosophies of retaining software concern the improvement of errors, the revision of codes, the inhibition of future errors, and the development in piece and capacity. While the adjustment has been employing, the software structure has to be retested to an upsurge a level of assurance that it wi...