We propose a meta-framework called ‘Plastik’ which i) supports the specification and creation of runtime component-framework-based software systems and ii) facilitates and mana...
The success of distributed object technology, depends on the advent of Object Request Broker (ORB) architectures that are able to integrate flexible support for various nonfunctio...
Many architecture–based software reliability models were proposed in the past. Regardless of the accuracy of these models, if a considerable uncertainty exists in the estimates ...
Large, complex and long-lived software need to be upgraded at runtime. Addition, removal and replacement of a software component are the elementary evolution operations that have ...
Component-based software development would allow application software be largely constructed, rather than programmed. This approach would dramatically improve the productivity of ...