We propose coupling based on contracts as a mechanism to address the problem of exchanging information between parties that require information to work together. Specifically, we s...
Too often, "security of Web transactions" reduces to "encryption of the channel"--and neglects to address what happens at the server on the other end. This ove...
Developers of e-commerce applications are often unrealistic about how their site will be used, and about possible outcomes during site usage. The most commonly considered outcomes...
Software systems of today are frequently composed from prefabricated, heterogeneous components that provide complex functionality and engage in complex interactions. Existing rese...
Recently, it has been pointed out that the majority of the requirements engineering methods do not take into account non-functional requirements (NFRs) [10][11]. Consequently, we h...
Jaime de Melo Sabat Neto, Julio Cesar Sampaio do P...