—To survive and succeed, software projects need to attract and retain contributors. We model the individual’s chances to become a valuable contributor through her capacity, wil...
— Robots that can interact naturally with humans require the integration and coordination of many different components with heavy computational demands. We argue that an architec...
The architecture is the fundamental framework for designing and implementing large scale software, and the ability to trace and control its evolution is essential. However, many t...
When different business units of an international company are responsible for the development of different parts of a large system, a component-based software architecture may be ...
Grid applications must increasingly self-adapt dynamically to changing environments. In most cases, adaptation has been implemented in an ad hoc fashion, on a perapplication basis...
Shang-Wen Cheng, David Garlan, Bradley R. Schmerl,...