A conceptual foundation for component-based software deployment

We use the term component-based software deployment (CBSD) to refer to the process of deploying a software application in a component-based format. In this paper, we propose a formal conceptual framework for CBSD. This framew ork allows us to articulate various strategies for deploying component-base d software. In addition, the framework permits us to express conditions und er which various forms of CBSD are both successful (the deployed applicatio n works) and safe (no existing applications are damaged). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.