Evaluation of the Use of Quality Attribute Scenarios in a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Controls System - Industrial Case Study

Author

Tsakiris, Anthony ; Kristinsson, Jóhannes ; McGee, Ryan

Author_Institution

Res. & Adv. Eng., Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

20-24 June 2011

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

72

Abstract

This paper presents a study in using quality attribute scenarios to evaluate and improve the software architecture of a control system that plans and affects energy use on a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The study confirmed for us the value of the quality attribute workshop approach in an industrial, automotive controls setting. This experience has helped us to understand how we might improve the effectiveness of this type of architectural design method within our company´s technology development environment.

Keywords

automobiles; control engineering computing; hybrid electric vehicles; power transmission (mechanical); quality control; software architecture; architectural design; energy use; industrial automotive controls setting; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle control system; powertrain; quality attribute scenario; quality attribute workshop; software architecture; Batteries; Computer architecture; Control systems; Engines; Hybrid electric vehicles; Software; architecture evaluation; automotive; hybrid vehicle; industrial use case; quality attributes; scenarios; software architecture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Architecture (WICSA), 2011 9th Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on

Conference_Location

Boulder, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-399-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4351-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICSA.2011.18

Filename

5959720