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A component-based software configuration management model and its supporting system

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Software configuration management (SCM) is an important key technology in software development. Component-based software development (CBSD) is an emerging paradigm in software development. However, to apply CBSD effectively in real world practice, supporting SCM in CBSD needs to be further investigated. In this paper, the objects that need to be managed in CBSD is analyzed and a component-based SCM model is presented. In this model, components, as the integral logical constituents in a system, are managed as the basic configuration items in SCM, and the relationships between/among components are defined and maintained. Based on this model, a configuration management system is implemented.

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    Mei Hong, Zhang Lu & Yang Fuqing

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This paper is supported by the National ‘863’ High-Tech Programme and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.863-306-ZT02-02-2 and 60043002. It also gets support from the National Excellent Young Scientists Foundation.

MEI Hong is a professor in computer science at Peking University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1992. His research interests include software engineering and CASE tool, software reuse, software component technology, and distributed object technology.

YANG Fuqing is a professor in computer science at Peking University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She graduated from the Graduate School of Peking University in 1958. Her research interests include operating systems, software engineering, CASE environment, software reuse and objectoriented technology.

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Mei, H., Zhang, L. & Yang, F. A component-based software configuration management model and its supporting system. J. Comput. Sci. & Technol. 17, 432–441 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943283

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