Software Architecture : System Design, Development and Maintenance

by IFIP World Computer Congress (17th : 2002 : Montreal, Quebec); Gnetleman, Morven; Hofmeister, Christine; Kuusela, Juha; Bosch, Jan; Working IEEE; IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (3rd : 2002 : Montreall, Quebec)

• ISBN13: 9781402071768
• ISBN10: 1402071760
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

As the field of software architecture matures, several trends can be observed. The first is a recognition of the role of software architecture in all phases of software development. Whereas initially software architecture was primarily associated with the architecture design phase, we now see that software architecture is treated explicitly during development, product derivation in software product lines, at run-time, and during system evolution. A second trend is explicitly relating architecture design decisions to the requirements satisfied by these design decisions. Another trend is the increased use of quantitative assessment of software architectures. Finally, we see continued work on dynamic software architectures, with new challenges arising from applications involving ubiquitous computing, mobile collaboration, and mobile computing.These trends can be seen in the papers collected in this volume, which represent some of the latest work by researchers and practitioners. The papers were presented at the 3rd Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA3), which was held in conjunction with the 17th World Computer Congress, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and which convened in Montréal, Québec, Canada in August 2002.WICSA3 is a working conference, with paper sessions for presenting new results from research and practice, and working sessions for identifying new research directions. The papers were organized into five sessions. Two of these sessions, Dynamic Software Architectures and Component-based Architectures, contain papers that focus on a particular architectural style and its properties. The remaining sessions, Architecture Analysis, Architecture Description, and Architecture Reconstruction and Evolution, contain papers that describe new approaches and techniques related to software architecture.

Table of Contents

Organizing Committee	vii
Program Committee	ix
Preface	xi
Dynamic Software Architectures	1	(60)
The Adaptive Object-Model Architectural Style	3	(26)
Joseph W. Yoder
Ralph Johnson
Aura: an Architectural Framework for User Mobility in Ubiquitous Computing Environments	29	(16)
Joao Pedro Sousa
David Garlan
Using Architectural Style as a Basis for System Self repair	45	(16)
Shang-Wen Cheng
David Garlan
Bradley Schmerl
Joao Pedro Sousa
Bridget Spitznagel
Peter Steenkiste
Architecture Analysis	61	(50)
Modeling and Analyzing the Software Architecture of a Communication Protocol Using SAM	63	(16)
Tianjun Shi
Xudong He
Dynamic Reconfigurable Software Architecture: Analysis and Evaluation	79	(16)
Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Nicole Levy
Francisca Losavio
Understanding and Propagating Architectural Changes	95	(16)
Christopher Van Der Westhuizen
Andre Van Der Hoek
Architecture Description	111	(46)
Practical Rationale for Describing Software Architecture	113	(14)
Kari Smolander
Tero Paivarinta
Documenting and Analyzing a Context-Sensitive Design Space	127	(16)
Hans De Bruin
Hans Van Vliet
Ziv Baida
Introducing Reflection in Architecture Description Languages	143	(14)
Carlos E. Cuesta
Pablo De La Fuente
Manuel Barrio-Solorzano
M. Encarnacion Beato
Architecture Reconstruction and Evaluation	157	(34)
Architecture Reconstruction in Practice	159	(16)
Claudio Riva
Introducing the Software Architectonic Viewpoint	175	(16)
Alessandro Maccari
Galal H. Galal
Component-based Architectures	191	(46)
A Component-Based Software Architecture for Industrial Control	193	(12)
Frank Luders
Ivica Crnkovic
Andreas Sjogren
Analyzing Commercial Component Models	205	(16)
Wayne DePrince Jr.
Christine Hofmeister
A Family of Software Architecture Implementation Frameworks	221	(16)
Nenad Medvidovic
Nikunj Mehta
Marija Mikic-Rakic
Author index	237