document: An optimization approach to plan for reusable software components It is well acknowledged in software engineering that there is a great potential for accomplishing significant productivity improvements through the implementation of a successful software reuse program . On the other hand , such gains are attainable only by instituting detailed action plans at both the organizational and program level . Given this need , the paucity of research papers related to planning , and in particular , optimized planning is surprising . This research , which is aimed at this gap , brings out an application of optimization for the planning of reusable software components -LRB- SCs -RRB- . We present a model that selects a set of SCs that must be built , in order to lower development and adaptation costs . We also provide implications to project management based on simulation , an approach that has been adopted by other cost models in the software engineering literature . Such a prescriptive model does not exist in the literature
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