Often, software architects impose a particular style on the software systems they design. For large software systems, they would like to ensure that the design continues to confor...
In this paper, we identify the different roles and contract types which are important in providing Quality of Service (QoS) properties of component-based systems. A surprising res...
Software systems need to evolve as business requirements, technology and environment change. As software is modified to accommodate the required changes, its structure deteriorate...
Software that cannot evolve is condemned to atrophy: it cannot accommodate the constant revision and renegotiation of its business goals nor intercept the potential of new technol...
Ronald Morrison, Graham N. C. Kirby, Dharini Balas...