A new, quantitative architecture simulation approach to software design that circumvents
costly testing cycles by modeling quality of service in early design states. Too often, software …

This work-in-progress paper introduces the EU FP7 STREP CloudScale. The contribution of
this paper is an overall description of CloudScale's engineering approach for the design and …

Many software development, planning, or analysis tasks require an up-to-date software
architecture documentation. However, this documentation is often outdated, unavailable, or …

We present a new form of quantitative safety analysis-safety optimization. This method is a
combination of fault tree analysis (FTA) and mathematical optimization techniques. With the …

Predicting failures in large systems at runtime is a challenging task as the systems usually
comprise a number of hardware and software components with complex structures and …

The usage of models within model-driven software development facilitates managing the
complexity of the system under development and closes the gap between the problem and …

Maintaining software systems requires up-to-date models of these systems to systematically
plan, analyze, and execute the necessary reengineering steps. Often, no or only outdated …

The usage of models within model-driven software development aims at facilitating
complexity management of the system under development and closing the gap between the …

Modernizing a legacy system is a costly process that requires deep understanding of the
system architecture and its components. Without an understanding of the software …

Many developers today face the challenge of managing and maintaining existing legacy
software systems. Improving the understanding of these systems is an important issue in …