{"id":"https://openalex.org/W65934840","doi":null,"title":"An investigation of the factors affecting the lifecycle costs of COTS-based systems","display_name":"An investigation of the factors affecting the lifecycle costs of COTS-based systems","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W65934840","mag":"65934840"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:uilis.unsyiah.ac.id:28871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","pdf_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196378","display_name":"UPT. Syiah Kuala University Library (Syiah Kuala University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I187494767","host_organization_name":"Universitas Syiah Kuala","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I187494767"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015220187","display_name":"Laurence Michael Dunn","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Laurence Michael Dunn","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5015220187"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.5059000253677368,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.5059000253677368,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.4553000032901764,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.0071000000461936,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cots-based-systems","display_name":"COTS-based systems","score":0.6890000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/commercial-off-the-shelf-software","display_name":"commercial off-the-shelf software","score":0.824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/life-cycle-cost","display_name":"life cycle cost","score":0.8140000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-component-reuse","display_name":"software component reuse","score":0.6039999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/functional-density","display_name":"functional density","score":0.4959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-architecture","display_name":"software architecture","score":0.4869999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-project-management","display_name":"software project management","score":0.6869999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-cost-estimation","display_name":"software cost estimation","score":0.49799999594688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/component-based-design","display_name":"component-based design","score":0.4490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development-costs","display_name":"software development costs","score":0.34299999475479126}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156325361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152864","display_name":"Grounded theory","level":3,"score":0.8147644400596619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70388272","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5968558","display_name":"IBM","level":2,"score":0.5571651458740234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4795405864715576},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47709447145462036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.4718957841396332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4471481442451477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.4383883476257324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.4374275505542755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4336544871330261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.39254239201545715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3726980686187744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.33142799139022827},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.3303830027580261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.19474723935127258},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171250308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11468","display_name":"Nanotechnology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:uilis.unsyiah.ac.id:28871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","pdf_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196378","display_name":"UPT. Syiah Kuala University Library (Syiah Kuala University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I187494767","host_organization_name":"Universitas Syiah Kuala","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I187494767"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"pmh:hdl:10068/982459","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10068/982459","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196900","display_name":"OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1295345811","host_organization_name":"Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1295345811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"U - Thesis"},{"id":"mag:65934840","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536119","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:uilis.unsyiah.ac.id:28871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","pdf_url":"http://uilis.unsyiah.ac.id/opentheses/items/show/28871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196378","display_name":"UPT. Syiah Kuala University Library (Syiah Kuala University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I187494767","host_organization_name":"Universitas Syiah Kuala","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I187494767"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W65934840.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W65934840.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":116,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W32822210","https://openalex.org/W36513768","https://openalex.org/W64579040","https://openalex.org/W80169408","https://openalex.org/W147929352","https://openalex.org/W156357443","https://openalex.org/W169116154","https://openalex.org/W566387798","https://openalex.org/W650233180","https://openalex.org/W887260952","https://openalex.org/W1481765611","https://openalex.org/W1487725643","https://openalex.org/W1489378575","https://openalex.org/W1498121772","https://openalex.org/W1503128817","https://openalex.org/W1506244314","https://openalex.org/W1506921435","https://openalex.org/W1511554945","https://openalex.org/W1527311855","https://openalex.org/W1533574204","https://openalex.org/W1544210224","https://openalex.org/W1552830686","https://openalex.org/W1553882552","https://openalex.org/W1556665638","https://openalex.org/W1557641222","https://openalex.org/W1570791547","https://openalex.org/W1572116564","https://openalex.org/W1572423810","https://openalex.org/W1581445318","https://openalex.org/W1589047548","https://openalex.org/W1593186263","https://openalex.org/W1604051458","https://openalex.org/W1605088134","https://openalex.org/W1647313347","https://openalex.org/W1690037246","https://openalex.org/W1695350145","https://openalex.org/W1715846772","https://openalex.org/W1753159665","https://openalex.org/W1754812760","https://openalex.org/W1820095979","https://openalex.org/W1916937714","https://openalex.org/W1920702422","https://openalex.org/W1972094782","https://openalex.org/W1972889863","https://openalex.org/W1974524282","https://openalex.org/W1974865001","https://openalex.org/W1985864430","https://openalex.org/W1986822503","https://openalex.org/W1994410397","https://openalex.org/W2008201588","https://openalex.org/W2010772122","https://openalex.org/W2011967516","https://openalex.org/W2015873204","https://openalex.org/W2017950530","https://openalex.org/W2021184080","https://openalex.org/W2021436267","https://openalex.org/W2021468857","https://openalex.org/W2024188017","https://openalex.org/W2027506139","https://openalex.org/W2042311509","https://openalex.org/W2044899116","https://openalex.org/W2045428791","https://openalex.org/W2045495819","https://openalex.org/W2048312143","https://openalex.org/W2052153028","https://openalex.org/W2052183054","https://openalex.org/W2054080977","https://openalex.org/W2055271983","https://openalex.org/W2070504353","https://openalex.org/W2083736332","https://openalex.org/W2091449474","https://openalex.org/W2093169471","https://openalex.org/W2099129927","https://openalex.org/W2099408204","https://openalex.org/W2099579205","https://openalex.org/W2101147373","https://openalex.org/W2102210987","https://openalex.org/W2104380696","https://openalex.org/W2107551264","https://openalex.org/W2108841701","https://openalex.org/W2114805797","https://openalex.org/W2117219961","https://openalex.org/W2123586642","https://openalex.org/W2127231775","https://openalex.org/W2127406400","https://openalex.org/W2133673909","https://openalex.org/W2134176539","https://openalex.org/W2134364741","https://openalex.org/W2135038121","https://openalex.org/W2135162679","https://openalex.org/W2139159034","https://openalex.org/W2139939063","https://openalex.org/W2141757217","https://openalex.org/W2145723643","https://openalex.org/W2146671686","https://openalex.org/W2148887665","https://openalex.org/W2155999688","https://openalex.org/W2156483117","https://openalex.org/W2157311063","https://openalex.org/W2158326792","https://openalex.org/W2159765281","https://openalex.org/W2159919030","https://openalex.org/W2160212677","https://openalex.org/W2161208734","https://openalex.org/W2163851162","https://openalex.org/W2167500728","https://openalex.org/W2169686352","https://openalex.org/W2264993804","https://openalex.org/W2283176773","https://openalex.org/W2302839981","https://openalex.org/W2484530857","https://openalex.org/W2485986037","https://openalex.org/W2543235603","https://openalex.org/W3144127399","https://openalex.org/W3213422946","https://openalex.org/W4239268392"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1821824252","https://openalex.org/W1481765611","https://openalex.org/W2350452023","https://openalex.org/W7099339909","https://openalex.org/W1577806406","https://openalex.org/W7095955045","https://openalex.org/W7216924966","https://openalex.org/W330108346","https://openalex.org/W2154811736","https://openalex.org/W7099857224"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,100],"research":[1,145],"used":[2,134,191],"a":[3,37,47,107,148,169,185],"case":[4],"study":[5],"based":[6],"approach":[7,70],"to":[8,21,103,119,198],"test":[9],"Abts\u2019":[10,74],"CBS":[11],"Functional":[12],"Density":[13],"Rule":[14],"of":[15,28,33,36,46,49,65,89,106,124,137,151,161,171,176,187,207],"Thumb":[16],"(Abts,":[17],"2002;":[18],"2004)":[19],"and":[20,54,57,166],"identify":[22],"the":[23,26,63,76,83,87,104,110,122,125,128,152,159,162,174,203],"factors":[24],"influencing":[25,173],"costs":[27,175,206],"COTS-based":[29,155,178],"systems":[30,179],"by":[31,93],"means":[32],"statistical":[34,77],"analysis":[35,45,78,165],"large":[38],"component":[39],"dataset":[40],"from":[41],"IBM,":[42],"Grounded":[43,68,111,163],"Theory":[44,69,112,164],"series":[48,170],"interviews":[50],"with":[51,184],"software":[52,196],"architects":[53],"project":[55],"managers":[56],"an":[58],"extended":[59],"literature":[60,167],"review.":[61],"Whilst":[62],"use":[64],"Glaser\u2019s":[66],"(1978)":[67],"provided":[71,79,92,147],"support":[72,81],"for":[73,82],"theory":[75,84],"no":[80],"that":[85,115],"maximising":[86],"amount":[88],"system":[90,97],"functionality":[91],"COTS":[94],"components":[95],"reduced":[96],"development":[98],"costs.":[99],"has":[101,146],"led":[102],"identification":[105],"weakness":[108],"in":[109,114,135,192],"method":[113,132],"it":[116],"is":[117,133],"unable":[118],"move":[120],"beyond":[121],"preconceptions":[123],"interviewees":[126],"if":[127],"interview":[129],"data":[130,139],"collection":[131,140],"isolation":[136],"other":[138],"methods.":[141],"However,":[142],"overall":[143],"this":[144],"deeper":[149],"understanding":[150],"issues":[153],"affecting":[154],"design.":[156],"By":[157],"combining":[158],"outcomes":[160],"review":[168],"forces":[172],"building":[177],"have":[180],"been":[181],"identified,":[182],"together":[183],"set":[186],"principles,":[188],"which":[189],"when":[190],"combination":[193],"can":[194],"enable":[195],"practitioners":[197],"make":[199],"informed":[200],"decisions":[201],"about":[202],"impact":[204],"on":[205],"using":[208],"components.":[209]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}