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Predictability by Construction

December 2016 White Paper
Sagar Chaki, Scott Hissam, Gabriel Moreno, Linda M. Northrop, Kurt C. Wallnau

Predictability by construction (PBC) makes the behavior of a component-based system predictable before implementation, based on known properties of components.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

Predictability by construction (PBC) makes the behavior of a component-based system predictable prior to implementation, based on known properties of components. The PBC vision is for software components to have certified properties (for example, performance) and for the behavior of systems assembled from components to be predictable.