Integrating COTS Software Components into Dependable Software Architectures

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Integrating COTS Software Components into Dependable Software Architectures (2003)

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by Paulo Asterio de C. Guerra , C. Guerra , Alexander Romanovsky , Cecília Mary F. Rubira , Rogério de Lemos , Ceclia Mary , F. Rubira , Tyne Uk

Venue:	Proc. of the 6th IEEE Int. Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC’03). Hokaido
Citations:	3 - 1 self

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@INPROCEEDINGS{Guerra03integratingcots,
    author = {Paulo Asterio de C. Guerra and C. Guerra and Alexander Romanovsky and Cecília Mary F. Rubira and Rogério de Lemos and Ceclia Mary and F. Rubira and Tyne Uk},
    title = {Integrating COTS Software Components into Dependable Software Architectures},
    booktitle = {Proc. of the 6th IEEE Int. Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC’03). Hokaido},
    year = {2003}
}

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Abstract

This paper considers the problem of integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software components into systems with high dependability requirements. These components, by their very nature, are built to be reused as black boxes that cannot be modified. Instead, the system architect has to rely on techniques external with respect to the component for resolving mismatches of the services required and provided that might arise in the interaction of the component and its environment. An approach is described in this paper to how these techniques should be structured around the COTS component to obtain an idealised fault-tolerant component. The approach employs the layer-based C2 architectural style for structuring mechanisms of error detection and recovery that should be integrated into the software architecture. The feasibility of the proposed approach is presented in the context of a steam boiler system which contains a COTS controller.

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cot software component dependable software architecture error detection layer-based c2 architectural style system architect commercial off-the-shelf software architecture black box software component cot controller idealised fault-tolerant component cot component steam boiler system high dependability requirement

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