Author(s)

Jasmine Kalathipparambil Sudhakaran, Ramaswamy Vasantha

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A continuing challenge for software designers is to develop efficient and cost-effective software implementations. Many see software reuse as a potential solution; however, the cost of reuse tends to outweigh the potential benefits. The costs of software reuse include establishing and maintaining a library of reusable components, searching for applicable components to be reused in a design, as well as adapting components toward a proper implementation. In this context, a new method is suggested here for component classification and retrieval which consists of K-nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm and Vector space Model Approach. We found that this new approach gives a higher accuracy and precision in component selection and retrieval process compared to the existing formal approaches.

Software Reuse, Component Retrieval, Vector Space Model Algorithm

J. Sudhakaran and R. Vasantha, "A Mixed Method Approach for Efficient Component Retrieval from a Component Repository," Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 4 No. 7, 2011, pp. 442-445. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2011.47051.