This paper presents the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), a structured technique for understanding the tradeoffs inherent in design. This method was developed to provi...
Rick Kazman, Mark H. Klein, Mario Barbacci, Thomas...
Major software development standards mandate the establishment of trace links among software artifacts such as requirements, architectural elements, or source code without explici...
Alexander Egyed, Stefan Biffl, Matthias Heindl, Pa...
A detailed understanding of the many facets of the Internet’s topological structure is critical for evaluating the performance of networking protocols, for assessing the effecti...
Lun Li, David Alderson, Walter Willinger, John Doy...
Current trends suggest future software systems will comprise collections of components that combine and recombine dynamically in reaction to changing conditions. Service-discovery...
Christopher Dabrowski, Kevin L. Mills, Jesse Elder
Three-dimensional integrated circuits (3DICs) have the potential to reduce interconnect lengths and improve digital system performance. However, heat removal is more difficult in ...
Hao Hua, Christopher Mineo, Kory Schoenfliess, Amb...