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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Rogerio De Lemos, Dr Salah Merad
Abstract. It is both difficult and expensive to design and implement a software system that excels in all its functional and non-functional properties. Instead, we could envisage a software system which is made up of several software components having complementary attributes. These components are obtained from a library of software components, each having a specific functional and non-functional profile, and they are selected by a decision maker to satisfy the system requirements and optimise the quality of service under cost constraints. This paper specifically considers the problem of the optimal selection of software components with respect to their non-functional attributes, and describes a game theoretic solution by formulating the problem as a bargaining game. In addition to the game theoretic solution, the paper also discusses other alternative approaches for the optimal selection of software components.
Author(s): de Lemos R, Merad S
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 1999
Pages: 19
Print publication date: 01/09/1999
Source Publication Date: September 1999
Report Number: 683
Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/683.pdf
