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A Reuse Definition, Assessment, and Analysis Framework for UML

A Reuse Definition, Assessment, and Analysis Framework for UML

Donald Needham, Rodrigo Caballero, Steven Demurjian, Felix Eickhoff, Yi Zhang
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781591406211|ISBN10: 1591406218|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781591406228|EISBN13: 9781591406235
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-621-1.ch013
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Needham, Donald, et al. "A Reuse Definition, Assessment, and Analysis Framework for UML." Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution, edited by Hongji Yang, IGI Global, 2005, pp. 286-307. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-621-1.ch013

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Needham, D., Caballero, R., Demurjian, S., Eickhoff, F., & Zhang, Y. (2005). A Reuse Definition, Assessment, and Analysis Framework for UML. In H. Yang (Ed.), Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution (pp. 286-307). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-621-1.ch013

Chicago

Needham, Donald, et al. "A Reuse Definition, Assessment, and Analysis Framework for UML." In Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution, edited by Hongji Yang, 286-307. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-621-1.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter examines a formal framework for reusability assessment of development-time components and classes via metrics, refactoring guidelines, and algorithms. It argues that software engineers seeking to improve design reusability stand to benefit from tools that precisely measure the potential and actual reuse of software artifacts to achieve domain-specific reuse for an organization’s current and future products. The authors consider the reuse definition, assessment, and analysis of a UML design prior to the existence of source code, and include dependency tracking for use case and class diagrams in support of reusability analysis and refactoring for UML. The integration of these extensions into the UML tool Together Control Center to support reusability measurement from design to development is also considered.

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