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Much of the research on component-based software engineering assumes that each component has a single service. This simplifies analyses but it is a significant departure from actual components. This paper reports on an investigation of the feasibility of using design constructs as a means of treating several methods as a single unit. We introduce the CoRe Method for measuring and communicating component reliability based on grouping services according to the various roles a component can fulfill. Grouping the services of a component into a few sets satisfies the goal of simplicity while still providing the designer with a more realistic and useful model of component reliability. The CoRe method is described and results of a preliminary experiment in its use are reported.
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McGregor, J.D., Stafford, J.A., Cho, IH. (2004). Measuring and Communicating Component Reliability. In: Ramamoorthy, C.V., Lee, R., Lee, K.W. (eds) Software Engineering Research and Applications. SERA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3026. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24675-6_9
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