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• TITLE: A Fuzzy Approach for Component Selection amongst Different Versions of Alternatives for a Fault Tolerant Modular Software System under Recovery Block Scheme Incorporating Build-or-Buy Strategy

  AUTHORS: P. C. Jha, Ritu Arora, U. Dinesh Kumar

  KEYWORDS: Modular Software, Software Reliability, Software Components (COTS and In-House), Fault Tolerance & Fuzzy Optimization

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Operations Research, Vol.1 No.4, December 5, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Software projects generally have to deal with producing and managing large and complex software products. As the functionality of computer operations become more essential and yet more critical, there is a great need for the development of modular software system. Component-Based Software Engineering concerned with composing, selecting and designing components to satisfy a set of requirements while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability of the software system. This paper discusses the fuzzy approach for component selection using “Build-or-Buy” strategy in designing a software structure. We introduce a framework that helps developers to decide whether to buy or build components. In case a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) component is selected then different versions are available for each alternative of a module and only one version will be selected. If a component is an in-house built component, then the alternative of a module is selected. Numerical illustrations are provided to demonstrate the model developed.