Component-Based Systems

<p>Businesses today are faced with a highly competitive market and fast-changing technologies. In order to meet demanding customers’ needs they rely on high quality software. A new field of study soft computing techniques is needed to estimate the efforts invested in component-based software. </p><p>Component-Based Systems: Estimating Efforts Using Soft Computing <b><i>Techniques</i></b> is an important resource that uses computer-based models for estimating efforts of software. It provides an overview of component-based software engineering while addressing uncertainty involved in effort estimation and expert opinions. This book will also instruct the reader how to develop mathematical models. </p><p>This book is an excellent source of information for students and researchers to learn soft computing models their applications in software management and will help software developers managers and those in the industry to apply soft computing techniques to estimate efforts.</p>