Big Data Systems (BDSs) are an emerging class of scalable software technologies whereby
massive amounts of heterogeneous data are gathered from multiple sources, managed …

Self-adaptive software is capable of evaluating and changing its own behavior, whenever
the evaluation shows that the software is not accomplishing what it was intended to do, or …

This paper focuses on the challenges of modeling cyber–physical systems (CPSs) that arise
from the intrinsic heterogeneity, concurrency, and sensitivity to timing of such systems. It …

The i* modeling language was introduced to fill the gap in the spectrum of conceptual
modeling languages, focusing on the intentional (why?), social (who?), and strategic (how …

Non-Functional Requirements in Software Engineering presents a systematic and pragmatic
approach tobuilding quality into'software systems. Systems must exhibit software quality …

Requirements are usually understood as stating what a system is supposed to do, as
apposed to how it should do it. However, understanding the organizational context and …

Our goal in this paper is to introduce and motivate a methodology, called Tropos, 1 for
building agent oriented software systems. Tropos is based on two key ideas. First, the notion …

The Complete Business Process Handbook is the most comprehensive body of knowledge
on business processes with revealing new research. Written as a practical guide for …

Foreword by Mark Stephen LaRow, Vice President of Products, MicroStrategy" A unique and
authoritative book that blends recent research developments with industry-level practices for …

Information systems of the future will have to perform well within ever-changing
organizational environments. Unfortunately, existing software development methodologies …