There is a real need for clear and sound design specifications of distributed systems at the
architectural level. This is the level of the design which deals with the high-level organisation …

Much of the recent work on Architecture Description Languages (ADL) has concentrated on
specifying organisations of components and connectors which are static. When the ADL …

The port-based object is a new software abstraction for designing and implementing
dynamically reconfigurable real-time software. It forms the basis of a programming model …

Darwin is a configuration language which allows distributed and parallel programs to be
structured in terms of groups of process instances which communicate by message-passing …

Regis is a programming environment aimed at supporting the development and execution of
distributed programs. It embodies a constructive approach to the development of programs …

Regis is a programming environment aimed at supporting the development and execution of
parallel and distributed programs. It embodies a constructive approach to the development …

A method is presented for using composite objects which separates their role and meaning
as models of relations between problem-domain concepts from their role and meaning as …

Large systems need a sound architecture. In our method, we decompose the system into
building blocks to make it" future-proof," accommodate functional needs, and minimize …

Simulation is a multi-disciplinary field, and significant simulation research is dispersed
across multiple fields of study. Distributed computer systems, software design methods, and …

The Chimera Methodology is a software engineering paradigm that enables rapid
development of real-time applications through use of dynamically reconfigurable and …