Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Managing software components
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-06
2007-02-06
Chaki, Kakali (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Managing software components
C717S121000, C717S162000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10462995
ABSTRACT:
Described is a system and method for identifying dependency relationships between components in a group of software components. Given a group of software components, a set of direct dependencies between each of the components and any other component is identified. The direct dependencies are indicated in a square matrix where each component in the group of components has a corresponding row and column. A particular component has the same row number as column number in the matrix. Multiplying that the matrix by itself identifies second-order dependencies. Higher order dependencies are identified by repeating the multiplication of the resultant matrix by the first-order dependency matrix. In other words, multiplying the third-order matrix by the first-order matrix achieves the fourth-order matrix, and so on.
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Burrows Kevin Ward
Ondrusek Bohus
Santos Patrick Joseph Dinio
Chaki Kakali
Grace Ryan T.
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Wood William H.
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