Search Results - "7th IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA 2008"

Combining Pattern Languages and Reusable Architectural Decision Models into a Comprehensive and Comprehensible Design Method by Zimmermann, O., Zdun, U., Gschwind, T., Leymann, F.

“…When constructing software systems, software architects must identify and evaluate many competing design options and document the rationale behind any…”
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Analyzing the Evolution of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory: Two Exploratory Cases by LaMantia, M.J., Yuanfang Cai, MacCormack, A.D., Rusnak, J.

“…Designers have long recognized the value of modularity, but important software modularity principles have remained informal. According to Baldwin and Clark's…”
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A Just-In-Time Architectural Knowledge Sharing Portal by Farenhorst, Rik, Izaks, Ronald, Lago, Patricia, van Vliet, Hans

“…In recent years, management of architectural knowledge has become a more prominent theme in software architecture research. Although various specialized tools…”
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Extraction of Component-Based Architecture from Object-Oriented Systems by Chardigny, S., Seriai, A., Oussalah, M., Tamzalit, D.

“…Software architecture modeling and representation became a main phase of the development process of complex systems. In fact, software architecture…”
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Coordination Implications of Software Architecture in a Global Software Development Project by Avritzer, A., Paulish, D., Yuanfang Cai

“…In this paper, we report on our experience assessing the relationship between the dependency structure of a software architecture and the coordination needs…”
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A Framework for Estimating the Impact of a Distributed Software System's Architectural Style on its Energy Consumption by Chiyoung Seo, Edwards, G., Malek, S., Medvidovic, N.

“…The selection of an architectural style for a given software system is an important factor in satisfying its quality requirements. In battery-powered…”
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Towards Automated Solution Synthesis and Rationale Capture in Decision-Centric Architecture Design by Xiaofeng Cui, Yanchun Sun, Hong Mei

“…Software architectures are considered crucial because they are the earliest blueprints for target products and at the right level for achieving system-wide…”
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Wishes and Boundaries for a Software Architecture Knowledge Community by Lago, P., Avgeriou, P., Capilla, R., Kruchten, P.

“…Software architecting is a highly knowledge-intensive process demanding and producing a large and rich amount of information. To remain competitive, companies…”
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A Pattern-Based Approach to Development of Service Mediators for Protocol Mediation by Xitong Li, Yushun Fan, Jian Wang, Li Wang, Feng Jiang

“…Service composition is one of the key objectives for adopting service oriented architecture. Today, Web services, however, are not always perfectly compatible…”
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Component Model and Architecture of Smart Devices for Elderly by Chen, T.Y., Tsai, P.H., Chou, T.S., Liu, J.W.S., Thamizhmani, A., Shih, C.S., Kuo, T.W.

“…This paper describes a component model and component-based architecture of smart devices and systems that are designed to enhance life quality and well being…”
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The MeDICi Integration Framework: A Platform for High Performance Data Streaming Applications by Gorton, I., Wynne, A., Almquist, J., Chatterton, J.

“…Building high performance analytical applications for data streams generated from sensors is a challenging software engineering problem. Such applications…”
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Value-Based Design Decision Rationale Documentation: Principles and Empirical Feasibility Study by Falessi, D., Cantone, G., Kruchten, P.

“…The explicit documentation of the rationale of design decisions is a practice generally encouraged, but rarely implemented in industry because of a variety of…”
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Introducing Recovery Style for Modeling and Analyzing System Recovery by Sozer, H., Tekinerdogan, B.

“…An analysis of the current practice for representing architectural views reveals that they focus mainly on functional concerns and are limited when considering…”
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Analysis of Architecture Pattern Usage in Legacy System Architecture Documentation by Harrison, N.B., Avgeriou, P.

“…Architecture patterns are an important tool in architectural design. However, while many architecture patterns have been identified, there is little in-depth…”
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On the Quantitative Analysis of Architecture Stability in Aspectual Decompositions by Molesini, Ambra, Garcia, Alessandro, Chavez, Christina von Flach Garcia, Batista, Thais

“…Architectural aspects are expected to modularize widely-scoped concerns that naturally crosscut the boundaries of system components at the software…”
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Supporting the Evolution of Product Line Architectures with Variability Model Fragments by Dhungana, Deepak, Neumayer, Thomas, Grunbacher, Paul, Rabiser, Rick

“…Evolution is a permanent challenge in product line engineering. Reusable assets such as software components or documents evolve continuously due to new…”
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Using Types to Enforce Architectural Structure by Aldrich, J.

“…The right software architecture is critical to achieving essential quality attributes, but these qualities are only realized if the program as implemented…”
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Teaching Software Architecture Design by Mannisto, T., Savolainen, J., Myllarniemi, V.

“…Teaching software architecture design in an academic course so that it would equip the students with industrially useful capabilities is challenging. The real…”
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Architectural Effects on Requirements Decisions: An Exploratory Study by Miller, J.A., Ferrari, R., Madhavji, N.H.

“…The question of the "manner in which an existing software architecture affects requirements decisionmaking" is recognised as important in the research…”
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Defining Service-Oriented Software Architecture Models for a MDA-based Development Process at the PIM level by Lopez-Sanz, M., Acuna, C.J., Cuesta, C.E., Marcos, E.

“…Although the development of service-based software has evolved greatly in the last years, there is still a lack of accurate development methodologies applied…”
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