White Papers

XVCL implementation:

Wong, T.W., Jarzabek, S., Myat Swe, S., Shen, R. and Zhang, H.Y. ôXML Implementation of Frame Processorö, Proc. ACM Symposium on Software Reusability, SSRÆ01, Toronto, Canada, May 2001, pp. 164-172

XVCL tutorial:

Soe, M.S., Zhang, H. and Jarzabek, S. ôXVCL: A Tutorialö, Proc. 14^th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'02), ACM Press, Naples, Italy, July 2002, pp. 341-349

XVCL and frame case studies:

Jarzabek, S. and Li, S. "Eliminating Redundancies with a ôComposition with Adaptationö Meta-programming Technique," Proc. ESEC-FSE'03, European Software Engineering Conference and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, ACM Press, September 2003, Helsinki, pp. 237-246; the paper received ACM SIGSOFT distinguished paper award

Cheong, Y.C. and Jarzabek, S. ôFrame-based Method for Customizing Generic Software Architectures", Symposium on Software Reusability, SSRÆ99, Los Angeles, May 1999, pp. 103-112

Jarzabek, S. Flexible components with frame technology: a case studyö, 27^th EUROMICRO Conference on Component-based Software Engineering, IEEE Press, September 2001, Warsaw, Poland, pp. 146-153

Basit, H.A., Rajapakse, D.C., and Jarzabek, S. “Beyond Generics: Meta-Level Parameterization For Effective Generic Programming,” submitted for publication

Basit, H.A., Rajapakse, D.C., and Jarzabek, S. “Beyond Templates: a Study of Clones in the STL and Some General Implications,” submitted for publication

Pettersson, U., and Jarzabek, S. “An Industrial Application of a Reuse Technique to a Web Portal Product Line,” submitted for publication

Managing variants in UML domain models with XVCL:

Jarzabek, S. and Zhang, H. ôXML-based Method and Tool for Handling Variant Requirements in Domain Modelsö, Proc. of 5^th IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering, REÆ01, IEEE Press, August 2001, Toronto, Canada, pp. 116-123

Stan Jarzabek, Wai Chun Ong and Hongyu Zhang ôHandling Variant Requirements in Domain Modelingö, Proc. of 13^th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKEÆ01, Knowledge System Institute, June 2001,Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. pp. 61-68 (to appear in a special issue of Journal of Software and Systems)

General readings on flexible components:

Bassett, P. Framing software reuse - lessons from real world, Yourdon Press, Prentice Hall, 1997 - the book elaborates the theory and practice of adaptive components, including case studies taken from diverse organizations 

ôThe Theory and Practice of Adaptive Componentsö a keynote talk of Paul at the 2^nd International Symposium on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering, GCSE 2000 in Erfurt, Germany, October 9-12, 2000, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LCNS2177, (Eds. G. Butler and Stan Jarzabek), pp. 1-14

Jarzabek, S. and R. Seviora ôEngineering components for ease of customization and evolutionö, IEE  Proceedings - Software, Vol. 147, No. 6, December 2000, pp. 237-248, a special issue on Component-based Software Engineering,

Jarzabek, S. and Knauber, P. "Synergy between Component-based and Generative Approaches", Proc. ESEC/FSEÆ99 Joint 7^th European Software Engineering Conference and 7^th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering Toulouse, France, September 1999, Lecture Notes in Computer Science No. 1687, Oscar Nierstrasz and Michel Lemoine (Eds.) Springer Verlag, pp. 429-445