Mass produced software components.

McIlroy, M. D. (1968). Mass produced software components. Software Engineering: Report of a Conference Sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, 138-155.

Type

Conference paper

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1968

Pages

138-155

Link

http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/brian.randell/NATO/nato1968.PDF

Cited from

art_aesthetics, computer_science, engineering_design, mathematics, organizational_management, philosophy

Cited by

11 citations across 11 artifacts.

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Primes

• Abstraction

  • This sourceArgues for families of reusable, interchangeable software components.

• Boundary
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Compatibility
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Decomposition
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Dependency

  • This sourceProposes reusable component families whose users depend on stable interface specifications.

• Design for Lifecycle Adaptability

  • This sourceNATO Science Committee. Origin of the software-components/reuse vision.

• Layering
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Minimalism
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Modularity
  • The ability to compose, test, deploy, and version modules independently
• Platform Design
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
• Task Interdependence
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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• https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/components.txt ×3
• http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/components.txt ×2

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