Title :
A general economics model of software reuse
Author :
Gaffney, J.E., Jr. ; Cruickshank, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Software Productivity Consortium
Abstract :
A general model of software reuse economics is presented. The model provides a framework for making estimates and decisions about the economic desirability ofreusing software. It covers costs andproductivity, return on investment, and incremental funding schemes.
Keywords :
Application software; Costs; Economic forecasting; Finite impulse response filter; Investments; Productivity; Software libraries; Software reusability; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 1992. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Australia
Print_ISBN :
0-89791-504-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.1992.753510