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Assessing the Stability of Selected Software Components for Reusability

Ajayi Olufunke E.*, Chiemeke Stella Chinye **, Ukaoha Kingsley Chiwuike ***

* Department of Computer Science, Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Ondo, Nigeria.

**,*** Department of Computer Science, University of Benin, Nigeria.

Periodicity:October - December'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jse.14.2.17150

Abstract

The need to develop great quality software with timely delivery and tested components gave birth to reuse. Component reusability entails the use (re-use) of existing artifacts to improve the quality and functionalities of software. Many researches have considered and justified common reusability factors, such as customizability, portability, interface complexities, understandability/documentability etc., but with limited work on stability as a factor. The need to establish stability (in the context of volatility) as a factor for determining component reusability, is an attempt to lend our voice to the domain of component reusability. This study introduces and justifies stability, in the context of volatility of software component, as a factor that determines the reusability of software components. As part of the study methodology, sixty- nine (69) software components were collected from third party, and data extracted from their features were used to compute the metric values of stability. The conducted experiment proved the stability status of the various component types considered.

Keywords

Software Component, Reusability, Soft-Computing, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy, Stability, Interdependency, Afferent, Efferent, Coupling.

How to Cite this Article?

Olajide, A., Chinye, C. S., & Chiwuike, U. K. (2019). Assessing the Stability of Selected Software Components for Reusability, i-manager's Journal on Software Engineering, 14(2), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.26634/jse.14.2.17150

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