A tool is described that provides for the automatic configuration of systems from a single description. The tool, newfig, uses two simple concepts to provide its functionality: bo...
Abstract. The conceptual modelling of software architectures is of central importance for the quality of a software system. A rich modelling language is required to integrate the d...
Abstract. Today, peer-to-peer services can comprise a large and growing number of services, e.g. search services or services dealing with heterogeneous schemas in the context of Di...
Abstract. The importance of modelling the dynamic architectural characteristics of software systems has long been recognised. However, the nature of the dynamic architectural chara...
: Niklas Luhmann died in November 1998. He had been elaborating his theory of the society for more than thirty years which has been well received in many quarters of society in the...