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Opportunistic Reuse: Lessons from Scrapheap Software Development

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Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE 2008)

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Many organizations use opportunistic reuse as a low-cost mechanism to improve the efficiency of development. Scrapheap reuse is a particular form of opportunistic development that we explore in this paper with the aid of an experimental study.

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  1. Computing Dept., Lancaster University, InfoLab 21, South Drive, Lancaster, LA1 4WA, United Kingdom

    Gerald Kotonya, Simon Lock & John Mariani

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  1. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Michel R. V. Chaudron

  2. Microsoft, USA

    Clemens Szyperski

  3. Chair for Software Design and Quality, University of Karlsruhe (TH),, Am Fasanengarten 5, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Ralf Reussner

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Kotonya, G., Lock, S., Mariani, J. (2008). Opportunistic Reuse: Lessons from Scrapheap Software Development. In: Chaudron, M.R.V., Szyperski, C., Reussner, R. (eds) Component-Based Software Engineering. CBSE 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87891-9_20

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