Research into Practice - Reality and Gaps : 6th International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures, QoSA 2010, Prague, Czech Republic, June 23-25, 2010, Proceedings

by Heineman, George T.; Kofron, Jan; Plasil, Frantisek

• ISBN13: 9783642138201
• ISBN10: 3642138209
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference, QoSA 2010, held in Prague, Czech Republic in June 2010. The 11 revised long papers were selected from 32 submissions and are organized in topical sections on Model-Driven Analysis, Quality of Service Adaption as well as Case Studies and Experience Reports.

Table of Contents

Abstracts of the Keynotes
Intrinsic Definition in Software Architecture Evolution	p. 1
A Component-Based Approach to Adaptive User-Centric Pervasive Applications	p. 2
Model-Driven Analysis
Validating Model-Driven Performance Predictions on Random Software Systems	p. 3
Statistical Inference of Software Performance Models for Parametric Performance Completions	p. 20
Parameterized Reliability Prediction for Component-Based Software Architectures	p. 36
Architecture-Driven Reliability and Energy Optimization for Complex Embedded Systems	p. 52
Quality of Service Adaptation
QoS Driven Dynamic Binding in-the-many	p. 68
A Hybrid Approach for Multi-attribute QoS Optimisation in Component Based Software Systems	p. 84
Using QoS-Contracts to Drive Architecture-Centric Self-adaptation	p. 102
Case Studies and Experience Reports
Is BPMN Really First Choice in Joint Architecture Development? An Empirical Study on the Usability of BPMN and UML Activity Diagrams for Business Users	p. 119
Barriers to Modularity - An Empirical Study to Assess the Potential for Modularisation of Java Programs	p. 135
Evaluating Maintainability with Code Metrics for Model-to-Model Transformations	p. 151
Good Architecture = Good (ADL + Practices)	p. 167
Author Index	p. 183
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