An approach for modeling and analyzing dynamic software architectures

Ding, Junhua

doi:10.1109/fskd.2016.7603503

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“…Designing dynamic software architectures clearly must allow all stakeholders understand changes that can occur at run-time, and their impact on the system (DING, 2016). Hence, the necessity for cleary and complete representations is increased due to its abstraction level.…”

Section: State-of-the-art Of Representation Of Dynamic Software Architecturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another approach that was used is petri-nets, another type of graphs. Petri-nets is a formal method with graphical and mathematical notations are noted for their advantages in specifying and analyzing concurrent systems and are promising for the representation of dynamic architectures (DING, 2016). Petri-nets can describe the communication between processes (in this case components), modeling their behavior and consequently the dynamism.…”

Section: Approaches To Represent Dynamic Software Architecturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The design of dynamic software architectures enables stakeholders to understand changes that may occur at run-time and their impact on the systems (DING, 2016). Changes and reasons for them must be identified; if the architecture is not documented, the system may not be implemented in the right way, thus compromising both its quality and goals (ALLEN et al, 1998).…”

Section: Initial Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Changes in an architecture topology through the addition or removal of connections between components and connectors are also considered a type o reconfiguration. Due to the advantage of the continuous availability of systems promoted by their dynamic architecture, this research subject has become a hot issue in the software engineering field (DING, 2016).…”

Section: Introduction 11 Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The design of dynamic software architectures must enable stakeholders to understand changes that can occur at run-time and their impact on the system (DING, 2016). Moreover, representations of software architectures are used by parties that create, utilize, and manage modern systems for improving communication and co-operation, so that they work in an integrated and coherent way.…”

Section: Introduction 11 Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Architectural Views to the Representation of Dynamic Software Architectures

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Presently, several critical application domains have adopted large, complex, and softwareintensive systems, whose architectural design demand special attention. Such systems, occasionally display dynamic architectures and specific structures are required for supporting changes at run-time. Moreover, many of them require high levels of reliability due to their critical domains. Towards ensuring reliability, formal languages/notations have been used to represent dynamism in software architectures, which demand efforts and time to be learned and to model architectures; besides, the resulting models are of difficult understanding. Moreover, most of these representation are incomplete, lacking some relevant information. To mitigate this problem, this Master's project proposes a set of architectural views and associate semi-formal techniques that support architects in the design of software architectures that present dynamism. This Master's project proposes a set of architectural views and associated semi-formal techniques for supporting architects in the design of software architectures that show dynamism. From results of a systematic mapping study, a conceptual model was elaborated towards delimiting the main concepts to be covered by the views. A set of fine views (general view, reconfiguration view, rippleeffect view, scenario view, and strategy view) was then defined and a proof of concept was conducted with the use of a system for the Healthcare Supportive Home Systems domain. The results show the feasibility and suitability of using the set in combination with the conceptual model and the associated techniques for representing dynamism in software architectures.

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Section: State-of-the-art Of Representation Of Dynamic Software Architecturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Approaches To Represent Dynamic Software Architecturesmentioning

confidence: 99%