Problem frames provide a means of analyzing and decomposing problems. They emphasise the world outside of the computer, helping the developer to focus on the problem domain, inste...
Jon G. Hall, Michael Jackson, Robin C. Laney, Bash...
Due to the advent of multi-core processors and the consequent need for better concurrent programming abstractions, new synchronization paradigms have emerged. A promising one, kno...
Felipe Goldstein, Alexandro Baldassin, Paulo Cento...
In this paper we describe our approach to reconstructing the software architecture of J2EE web applications. We use the Siemens Four Views approach, separating the architecture in...
Abstract. Modern systems are heterogeneous, geographically distributed and highly dynamic since the communication topology can vary and the components can, at any moment, connect t...
Dan Hirsch, Jeff Kramer, Jeff Magee, Sebasti&aacut...
A large portion of the software used in industry today is legacy software. Legacy systems often evolve into dicult to maintain systems whose original design has been lost or else ...