Abstract: The present invention facilitates the analysis of binaries, components, configurations, and their footprints for component design and optimization. Complete and meaningful binary, component, configuration, and footprint information allows formal methods for component analysis and configuration optimization. A binary dependency database persists and stores binary dependency information. The binary dependency database provides detailed dependency information among binaries.

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.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates the analysis of binaries, components, configurations, and their footprints for component design and optimization. Complete and meaningful binary, component, configuration, and footprint information allows formal methods for component analysis and configuration optimization. A binary dependency database persists and stores binary dependency information. The binary dependency database provides detailed dependency information among binaries.

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.