Since embedded software reaches a large scale and complexity, MDA and component-
based development have become popular in embedded system development. Architecture …

Development of modern systems has reached a scale and complexity that makes it
unrealistic to realize the function of systems in traditional way of software development. The …

Architecture-Driven Development of embedded systems involves finding the right trade-off
between multiple non-functional properties at the model level. In this paper we define ACOL …

Software architectures shift developers' focus from lines-of-code to coarser-grained
architectural elements and their interconnection structure. However, the benefits of …

Many software projects suffer from problems related to non-existent, incomplete, inaccurate,
or invalid architecture descriptions. The hypothesis underlying our approach is that …

Many architecture description languages (ADLs) have been proposed to model, analyze,
configure, and deploy complex software systems. To face this diversity, extensible ADLs (or …

Software architectural design is a key activity in the software development process. It is
especially critical for embedded systems subject to specific non-functional requirements …

Large and complex software systems require expressive notations for representing their
software architecture. In this context architecture description languages (ADLs) can be used …

Software that cannot evolve is condemned to atrophy: it cannot accommodate the constant
revision and re-negotiation of its business goals nor intercept the potential of new …

Software architecture (SA) provides a formal basis to describe and analyze a software
system as a collection of components and their interactions (connectors). However, the …