Title :
Evaluating software architectures: development, stability, and evolution
Author :
Bahsoon, R. ; Emmerich, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We survey seminal work on software architecture evaluation methods. We then look at an emerging class of methods that explicates evaluating software architectures for stability and evolution. We define architectural stability and formulate the problem of evaluating software architectures for stability and evolution. We draw attention to the use of Architectures Description Languages (ADLs) for supporting the evaluation of software architectures in general and for architectural stability specifically.
Keywords :
software architecture; software performance evaluation; specification languages; ADLs; Architectures Description Languages; architectural stability; economic-driven software engineering research; problem formulation; software architecture evaluation method; software development; software evolution; Architecture description languages; Computer architecture; Computer science; Educational institutions; Software architecture; Software engineering; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Systems and Applications, 2003. Book of Abstracts. ACS/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tunis, Tunisia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7983-7
DOI :
10.1109/AICCSA.2003.1227480