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Three empirical evaluations of a software reuse reference model

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The contribution of this paper is three empirical evaluations of a reference model for the practice of software reuse. Our research thesis is that software development based upon a software reuse reference model improves quality of products, productivity of processes and product time‐to‐market for many software development enterprises. The definition and investigation of such a model has been carried out using three steps. First, the reference model is developed based on existing software reuse concepts. Second, this reference model is empirically evaluated using three studies: one using a survey method, one using a case studies method, and one using a legacy studies method. Third, the impact of the reference model on software development productivity, quality, and time‐to‐market is empirically derived.

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Nada, N., Rine, D.C. Three empirical evaluations of a software reuse reference model. Annals of Software Engineering 10, 225–259 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018943801422

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