Software architectures are often designed with respect to some architecture patterns, like the pipeline and peer-to-peer. These patterns are the guarantee of some quality attribute...
Abstract. The importance of modelling the dynamic architectural characteristics of software systems has long been recognised. However, the nature of the dynamic architectural chara...
Abstract. Quality goals have to be under a special consideration during software architectural design. Evolvability constitutes a quality goal with a special relevance for business...
: Performance is critical to the success of today’s software systems. However, many software products fail to meet their performance objectives when they are initially constructe...
Consumer devices have domain specific constraints imposed by end-users, device manufacturers and service providers. These constraints focus on the need for security and reliabilit...