A Fuzzy Approach for Component Selection amongst Different Versions of Alternatives for a Fault Tolerant Modular Software System under Recovery Block Scheme Incorporating Build-or-Buy Strategy

• 作者: P. C. Jha Ritu Arora U. Dinesh Kumar
• 来源期刊: 美国运筹学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: MODULAR SOFTWARE SOFTWARE Reliability SOFTWARE Components (COTS and In-House) Fault Tolerance & Fuzzy Optimization
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（4）
• 页码范围: 249-258
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Software projects generally have to deal with producing and managing large and complex software products. As the functionality of computer operations become more essential and yet more critical, there is a great need for the development of modular software system. Component-Based Software Engineering concerned with composing, selecting and designing components to satisfy a set of requirements while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability of the software system. This paper discusses the fuzzy approach for component selection using “Build-or-Buy” strategy in designing a software structure. We introduce a framework that helps developers to decide whether to buy or build components. In case a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) component is selected then different versions are available for each alternative of a module and only one version will be selected. If a component is an in-house built component, then the alternative of a module is selected. Numerical illustrations are provided to demonstrate the model developed.