COTS Integration: Plug and Pray? - Barry W. Boehm; Chris Abts (Computer, 1999)

Software development cost estimation approaches - A survey. - Barry W. Boehm; Chris Abts; Sunita Chulani (Ann. Softw. Eng., 2000)

Empirical Software Simulation for COTS Glue Code Development and Integration. - Jongmoon Baik; Nancy S. Eickelmann; Chris Abts (COMPSAC, 2001)

COTS workshop: continuing collaborations for successful COTS development. - John C. Dean; Patricia A. Oberndorf; Mark R. Vigder; Chris Abts; Hakan Erdogmus; Neil A. M. Maiden; Michael Looney; George T. Heineman; Michael Guntersdorfer (ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes, 2001)

COTS-Based Systems (CBS) Functional Density – A Heuristic for Better CBS Design. - Chris Abts (ICCBSS, 2002)

Composable Process Elements for Developing COTS-Based Applications. - Barry W. Boehm; Daniel Port; Ye Yang; Jesal Bhuta; Chris Abts (ISESE, 2003)