Reuse of design processes based on domain analysis

This paper presents a technique for reusing design processes which aims at facilitating software reuse. The authors have constructed a specification reuse model based on two major ideas. One is to extract domain-specific specification parts, and the other is to reuse design processes represented by reuse histories. In addition, a domain analysis method is proposed to construct the specification reuse model. This model has been evaluated through experimental applications. The results show that the model facilitates software reuse, and that the domain analysis clarifies the application scope of the model. Applicability of our model to other domains is also discussed in this paper.