Performance modeling and evaluation techniques are essential when designing and implementing distributed software systems. Constructing performance models for such systems can req...
Debra L. Smarkusky, Reda A. Ammar, Imad Antonios, ...
One of the challenging problems for software developers is guaranteeing that a system as built is consistent with its architectural design. In this paper we describe a technique t...
Hong Yan, David Garlan, Bradley R. Schmerl, Jonath...
Abstract Architectural patterns are often combined with other, relevant architectural patterns during software architecture design. However, combining patterns effectively remains ...
Architectural quality constitutes a critical factor for contemporary software systems, especially because of their size and the needs for frequent, quick changes. For success-crit...
The current challenge for crowd simulations is the design and development of a scalable system that is capable of simulating the individual behavior of millions of complex agents ...