Abstract. During an architectural evolution of a component-based software, certain quality attributes may be weakened. This is due to the lack of an explicit definition of the link...
We describe the use of component architecture in an area to which this approach has not been classically applied, the area of cluster system software. By "cluster system soft...
Narayan Desai, Rick Bradshaw, Ewing L. Lusk, Ralf ...
Abstract. Today’s large-scale computing systems are deployed in open, changing and unpredictable environments. To operate reliably, such systems should be able to adapt to new ci...
Electronic commerce applications have special features compared to conventional information systems. First, because electronic commerce usually involves yet nonexisting business a...
The growing importance of context-awareness in the construction of adaptable systems requires the development of formal models and notations that can bring this new dimension from ...