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Economics of software utilization

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Three models have been introduced and analyzed for integrated description of reuse in the process of software development. Specific features of reuse in software systems have been demonstrated, and factors that determine the reuse strategy have been identified. The corresponding expressions for costs, profits, effectiveness, and productivity of systems with reuse have been derived. Mesures of resource reusability and waste-free software have been introduced.

The proposed models lead to better assessment of costs and benefits associated with reuse in software systems.

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Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 3, pp. 151–166, May–June, 1994

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Sidorov, N.A. Economics of software utilization. Cybern Syst Anal 30, 440–452 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02366478

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